Language Learning - A Special Case for Developmental Psychology?

List of contents

Preface. 1. The Case for Innate Knowledge 2. The Contextual Completion of Meaning 3. The Time-scale to Observational Adequacy 4. The Approximation to Psychological Reality 5. The Establishment of an Alternative Theory. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

About the author

Christine J. Howe

Summary

First published in 1993, the starting place for this book is the notion, that children could not learn their native language without substantial innate knowledge of its grammatical structure. It is argued that the notion is as problematic for contemporary theories of development as it was for theories of the past.

Product details

• Authors: Christine J. Howe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781138064317
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06431-7
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Psychology Library Editions: Child Development
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: children, Language acquisition