Language Development - An Introduction

List of contents

Glossary
 
Preface

Chapter 1: The Territory
   This Text and You
   Speech Language and Communication
   Speech
   Language
   Communication
   Properties of Language
   Language as a Social Tool
   Language is a Rule Governed System
   Language is Generative
   Other Properties
   Components of Language
   Syntax
   Morphology
   Phonology
   Semantics
   Pragmatics
   Relationship of Language Components
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 2: Describing Language
   Linguistic Theory
      Nature vs. Nurture
   Language Research and Analysis
   Issues in the Study of Child Language
   Method of Data Collection
   Sample Size and Variability
   Naturalness and Representativeness of the Data
   Collection Procedures
   Analysis Procedures
   Cross-Language Studies
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 3: Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
   Central Nervous System
   Hemispheric Asymmetry
   Brain Maturation
   Language Comprehension
   Language Processing
   Language Production
   Models of Linguistic Processing
   A Limited System and Executive Function
   Theory of Mind
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 4: Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
   Neurological Development
   Early Cognitive Development
   Sensation
   Perception
   Motor Control
   Cognition
   Cognition and Language Development
   Learning
   Role of the Caregiver
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 5: The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
   Development of Communication: A Chronology
   The Newborn
   Socialization and Early Communication: Age Birth to 6 Months
   Development of Intentionality: Age 7 to 12 Months
   Maternal Communication Behaviors
   Infant-Elicited Social Behavior
   Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Gender Differences
   Interactions Between Infants and Caregiver
   Joint Reference
   Joint Action
   Turn-Taking
   Situational Variations
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 6: Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
   Comprehension, Production, and Cognitive Growth
   Cognition and Language
   Less is More
   Child Learning Strategies
   Toddler Language-Learning Services
   Preschool Language-Learning Services
   Children’s Processes of Language Acquisition
   Adult Conversational Teaching Techniques
   Adult Speech to Toddlers
   Adult Conversations with Preschoolers
   Importance of Play
   Variation on a Theme
   Individual Child Differences
   Cultural and Social Differences
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 7: A First Word and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
   Single Word Utterances
   Pragmatics
   Initial Lexicons
   Meaning of Single-Word Utterances
   Early Multiword Combinations
   Transition: Early Word Combinations
   Multiword Utterances
   Phonological Learning
   Articulatory Maps
   Single-Word Utterance Patterns
   Phonological Processes
   Learning Units and Extension
   Individual Differences
   Bilingualism
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 8: Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
   Preschool Department
   Pragmatic Development
   The Conversational Context
   Narratives
   Theory of Mind
   Summary
   Semantic Development
   Relational Terms
   Conclusion
   Semantic and Pragmatic Influence on Syntactic Development
   Semantics
   Pragmatics
   Language Development Differences and Delays
   Language Development Differences
   Language Development Delays
   Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 9: Preschool Development of Language Form
   Semantic Syntactic Connection
   Syntactic and Morphologic Development
   Patterns in Preschool Language Development
Bound Morphemes
Determinants of Acquisition Order
Phrase Development
Sentence Development
Phonemic and Phonological Development
   Speech-Sound Acquisition
   Phonological Processes
Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 10: Early School-Age Language Development
   The Early School-Age Child
   Pragmatic Development
   Narratives
   Conversational Abilities
   Summary
   Semantic Development
   Vocabulary Growth
   Conceptual Change
   Related Cognitive Processing
   Figurative Language
   Syntactic and Morphologic Development
   Morphologic Development
   Noun- and Verb- Phrase Development
   Sentence Types
   Summary
   Phonologic Development
   Morphophonemic Development
   Speech Production
   Summary
   Metalinguistic Abilities
   Language Difference
Code Switching Development
African American English Speakers and Society
Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 11: School-Age Literacy Development
   The Process of Reading
   Phonological Awareness
   Comprehension
   Reading Development
   Emerging Literacy
   Mature Literacy
   The Process of Writing
   Spelling
   Writing Development
   Emerging Literacy
   Mature Literacy
   Spelling
      Text Generation and Executive Function
Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Chapter 12: Adolescent and Adult Language
   Pragmatics
   Speaking Styles
   Conversational Abilities
   Gender Differences
   Semantics
   Syntax and Morphology   
   Noun Phrases
   Conjuncts and Disjuncts
   Phonology
   Literacy
   Bilingualism
   Conclusion
Chapter Conclusion
   Chapter Discussion
   Chapter Main Points
   Chapter Reflections
 
Appendix A: American English Speech Sounds
Appendix B: major Racial and Ethnic Dialects of American English
Appendix C: Development Summary
Appendix D: Computing MLU
Appendix E: Background Grammar
 
 
References
Author Index
Subject Index
 
 

Summary

This best-selling and comprehensive text on language development is rich in information, research, examples and activities..
 
A thorough and readable introductory text on language development, this book covers all aspects of the complex subject — including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics — while explaining each idea and concept in a way that is easily understandable by even beginning students of the field. Rich in pedagogical aids like discussion questions, chapter objectives, reflections, and main point boxed features, the eighth edition of Language Development also emphasizes culturally and linguistically diverse children and bilingual and dialectical developmental information — a discussion that accurately reflects the diversity of life and language in the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Owens, Robert E. Owens
• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Languages: English
• Product format: Book
• Released: 31.08.2013
• EAN: 9781292021225
• ISBN: 978-1-292-02122-5
• No. of pages: 504
• Weight: 960 g
• Series: Pearson; Pearson
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics