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Klappentext Some children can hear and can speak! yet have trouble understanding or producing utterances. In this accessible introduction to the study of childrens 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. This book will be welcomed by students of linguistics! language development and language disorders; teachers of language-impaired children; and speech and language therapists. Zusammenfassung Some children can hear and can speak! yet have trouble understanding or producing utterances. Shula Chiat explores the stumbling blocks which lie behind their struggle. She focuses on individual children! the extensive examples which illustrate their difficulties! and the step-by-step search for the source of those difficulties. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Glossary of text conventions and symbols; Introduction; Part I. Problems with Words: 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; Part II. Grappling with Verb Structure: 7. Translating events; 8. Growing verb structures; 9. Shortfalls with verbs; 10. 'Thing out. Tip in there': problems with verb processing; Part III. Missing Function Morphemes: 11. Filling out sentences; 12. 'That one not working, see': problems with auxiliary verb processing; Part VI. Hidden Meanings, Baffling Meanings: 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....
