William O'Grady (Manoa University of Hawaii)

How Children Learn Language

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging and accessible book explains the incredible mastery of language by young children, discussing how they learn to produce and distinguish among sounds, and their acquisition of words and meanings, and of the rules for building sentences. An invaluable resource for anyone wishing to discover how children acquire language.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531924
• ISBN-10: 0521531926
• Artikelnr.: 12950247

Autorenporträt

William O'Grady is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Small talk; 2. The great word hunt; 3. What's the meaning of this?; 4. Words all in a row; 5. What sentences mean; 6. Talking the talk; 7. How do they do it?; Appendix 1. Keeping a diary and making a tape of recordings; Appendix 2. The sounds of English.

Rezensionen

'The engaging style of the book, and its accessibility combined with its scientific rigour make this volume ideal for a lay audience and for introductory undergraduate courses to language acquisition.' The Journal of Child Language