First Language Acquisition - Method, Description and Explanation

Zusammenfassung This textbook! written from a linguistic perspective! aims to provide detailed accounts of the development of children's receptive and productive abilities in all the core areas of language - phonology! morphology! syntax and semantics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Foundations: 2. The history of child language studies; 3. Stages of language acquisition; 4. Explanation and language acquisition; Part II. Milestones: 5. The period of prelinguistic development; 6. The period of single-word utterances; 7. The period of the first word combinations; 8. The period of simple sentences: phonological and semantic acquisition; 9. The period of simple sentences: acquisition of grammatical morphemes; 10. Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Author index; General index.

Product details

• Authors: David Ingram
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.1989
• EAN: 9780521349161
• ISBN: 978-0-521-34916-1
• No. of pages: 588
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language acquisition