Growing into language : developmental trajectories and neural underpinnings / Liliana Tolchinsky and Ruth A. Berman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolchinsky Landsmann, Liliana, author.

Berman, Ruth A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language awareness in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

This book explores how schoolchildren and adolescents employ language in different communicative settings. The authors demonstrate how language development is affected by the language and culture in which it evolves, and use brain studies to provide a deeper explanation of developmental changes in language behavior.

Contents:

cover

titlepage

copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1 Brains for language (and everything else)

2 Language for recollection

3 Language for actuality

4 Language for (im)possible worlds

5 Language for imagery

6 Language for reflection (on language)

7 Language for literacy and literacy for language

Afterthoughts

Glossary I: Terms related to brain sites and functions

Glossary II: Terms related to brain sites and neuro-imaging techniques

References

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tolchinsky, Liliana Growing into Language

ISBN:

0-19-194513-7

0-19-266700-9