Onset of Language

Informationen zum Autor Nobuo Masataka is Associate Professor at the Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan. He has published numerous articles in journals such as Developmental Psychology and Journal of Child Language. Klappentext This fascinating book offers exciting insights into the precursors of speech. Zusammenfassung This fascinating book outlines an approach to the development of expressive and communicative behaviour from early infancy to the onset of single word utterances. It offers exciting insights into the precursors of speech and will be of interest to researchers and students of psychology! linguistics and animal behaviour biology. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The development of the ability to take turns; 3. Cooing in three-month-old infants; 4. The development of vocal imitation; 5. How infant-directed speech influences infant vocal development; 6. From laughter to babbling; 7. Earliest language development in sign language; 8. From babbling to speaking; 9. Summary and conclusion; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Nobuo Masataka
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2007
• EAN: 9780521049573
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04957-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Cognitive
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine