Child Language : A Resource Book for Students

Omtale

Child Language:provides a comprehensive overview of language acquisition in childrenintroduces students to key theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of input and the relation of language to other cognitive functionsteaches students the skills needed to analyze children’s languageincludes sections on the bilingual child and atypical language developmentprovides classic readings by key names in the field, such as Brian MacWhinney, Richard Cromer, Jean Aitchison, and Eve Clark.The accompanying website to this book can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/0415281032