Understanding children with language problems / Shula Chiat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chiat, Shula, author.

Series:

Cambridge approaches to linguistics.

Cambridge approaches to linguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language disorders in children--Case studies.

Language disorders in children.

Speech disorders in children--Case studies.

Speech disorders in children.

Children--Language.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some children can hear and can speak, yet have trouble understanding or producing utterances. In this accessible introduction to children's language difficulties, Shula Chiat explores the stumbling blocks which lie behind their struggle. The uniqueness of this book lies in its focus on individual children, the extensive and intriguing examples which illustrate their problems, and the step-by-step search for the source of those problems. Difficulties with words, verb structures, function morphomenes, and meaning are examined and illustrated by detailed case studies. This book provides a clear overview of what children with language difficulties say and do, and introduces a logical approach to identifying children's language problems. It will be welcomed by students and researchers of linguistics, language development and language disorders; teachers of language-impaired children; and speech and language therapists.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary of text conventions and symbols; Sound symbols; Introduction; The book; 1 What's in a word?; 2 The child's road to words; 3 Blocks on the road to words; 4 Exploring the blockage; 5 'Dant always day dings': problems with phonology; 6 'Stip' or 'step' or 'slip' or what?: problems with lexical processing; 7 Translating events; 8 Growing verb structures; 9 Shortfalls with verbs; 10 'Thing out. Tip in there': problems with verb processing; 11 Filling out sentences

12 'That one not working, see': problems with auxiliary verb processing; 13 The roots of meaning; 14 '[æ] you don't tell nobody this?': strengths in pragmatic processing; 15 'I can speak Chinese. But I can't speak Chinese': problems in pragmatic processing; Endpoint and springboard; Further reading; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-107-11361-X

1-280-41710-2

9786610417100

0-511-79113-5

0-511-17239-7

0-511-06575-2

0-511-15093-8

0-511-30315-7

0-511-06788-7

OCLC:

57301234