Pathways to language : from fetus to adolescent / Kyra Karmiloff, Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karmiloff, Kyra.

Contributor:

Karmiloff-Smith, Annette.

Series:

Developing child.

Developing child

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Interpersonal communication in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 256 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2001.

Summary:

"A mother-daughter collaboration, this text balances the respected views of a scholar with the fresh perspective of a younger colleague prepared to challenge current popular positions in these debates. The result is a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of language acquisition, from fetal speech processing to the development of child grammar to the sophisticated linguistic accomplishments of adolescence, such as engaging in conversation and telling a story". -- Publisher.

Contents:

1. What Is Language Acquisition?

2. Experimental Paradigms for Studying Language Acquisition

3. Speech Perception in and out of the Womb

4. Learning about the Meaning of Words

5. Becoming a Grammatical Being

6. Beyond the Sentence

7. Atypical Language Development

8. Rethinking the Nature–Nurture Debate.

Notes:

Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-245) and index.

ISBN:

9780674264953

0674264959

9780674039322

0674039327

OCLC:

923111877