Development of Language, The (7th Edition) Paperback - 2008

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• Title Development of Language, The (7th Edition)
• Author Nan Bernstein Ratner
• Binding Paperback
• Edition 7 edition
• Language ENG
• Publisher Allyn & Bacon, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Date March 10, 2008
• ISBN 9780205593033

Preface 1 The Development of Language: An Overview and a PreviewJean Berko Gleason, Boston University An Overview of the Course of Language Development ; The Biological Bases of Language ; The Structure of Language: Learning the System ; The Study of Language Development ;Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 2 Communication Development in InfancyJacqueline Sachs, University of Connecticut The Expression of Communicative Intent Before Speech ; The Social Context of the Preverbal Infant ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 3 Phonological Development: Learning Sounds and Sound PatternsLise Menn, University of ColoradoCarol StoelGammon, University of Washington English Speech Sounds and Sound Patterns ; Infant Speech Perception ; Production: The Prelinguistic Period ; The Beginning of Phonological Development: Protowords ; Cognitive Approaches to the Acquisition of Phonology ; Learning to Pronounce ; Development after Three Years ; The Acquisition of English Morphophonology ; Parental Role in Phonological Development ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 4 Semantic DevelopmentBarbara Alexander Pan and Paola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of Education The Relations between Words and Their Referents ; Theoretical Perspectives on Semantic Development ; Early Words ; How Adult Speech Influences Children's Semantic Development ; Later Semantic Development ; Factors influencing children’s vocabulary development; Metalinguistic Development; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 5 Putting Words Together: Morphology and Syntax in the Preschool YearsHelen Tager Flusberg, Boston University School of MedicineAndrea Zukowski, University of Maryland The Nature of Syntactic Rules; Studying Syntactic Development ; Entering the Complex Linguistic System; Measuring Syntactic Growth ; Two-Word Utterances; Developing Grammatical Morphemes ; Different Sentence Modalities ; Later Developments in Preschoolers; Beyond the Preschool Years ; Knowledge vs. Processing; Summary; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words; References 6 Language in Social Contexts: Communicative Competence in the Preschool YearsJudith Becker Bryant, University of South Florida Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Communicative Competence ; Language in Social Contexts ; The Difficulty of Acquiring Communicative Competence ; Influences on the Acquisition of Communicative Competence ; The Significance of Communicative Competence ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 7 Theoretical Approaches to Language DevelopmentJohn N. Bohannon III, Butler UniversityJohn D. Bonvillian, University of Virginia Behavioral Approaches ; Evaluation of the Behavioral Approaches ; Linguistic Approaches ; Evaluation of the Linguistic Approach ; Interactionist Approaches ; Summary and New Directions ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 8 Individual Differences in Language DevelopmentBeverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island CollegeCatherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education The History of Individual Differences in Child Language Research ; Individual Differences in Early Words ; Segmenting the Speech Stream ; Individual Differences in Early Sentences ; Stability of Individual Differences ; Sources of Variation ; Context: The Interaction of Child, Caregiver, and Language ; Implications of Individual Differences for a Theory of Language Acquisition ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 9 Atypical Language DevelopmentNan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland at College Park Communicative Development and Severe Hearing Impairment ; Intellectual Disability and Communicative Development ; Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) ; Specific Language Impairment ; Atypical Speech Development ; Evaluation of Suspected Speech and Language Disorders in Children ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 10 Language Development in the School YearsGigliana Melzi, New York UniversityRichard Ely, Boston University Interactions with Peers; Metalinguistic Development in the School Years ; Literacy Experiences at Home ; Reading ; Writing ; Bilingualism ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References 11 Language in AdulthoodLoraine K. Obler, City University of New York Language in Adulthood; The Language of Peer and Social Groups ; Language at Work ; Second Language Acquisition in Adulthood ; Acquisition of Adult Registers ; Language Development in Advanced Age ; Adult Language and Brain Damage ; Summary ; Suggested Projects ; Suggested Readings ; Key Words ; References Glossary Index