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Title Language Acquisition: Studies in First Language Development
Author Paul Fletcher (Editor); Michael Garman (Editor)
Binding Paperback
Edition 2
Condition Used - Good
Pages 628
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
Publication date 1986-05-31
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Bookseller's Inventory # ANAIS-0521277809
ISBN 9780521277808 / 0521277809
Weight 1.68 lbs (0.76 kg)
Dimensions 8.95 x 5.96 x 1.34 in (22.73 x 15.14 x 3.40 cm)
Size 15.2x4x22.9
Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
Library of Congress subjects Language acquisition
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85015168
Dewey Decimal Code 401.9
Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

The aim of the first edition of Language Acquisition was to provide as comprehensive a description and explanation as possible of the changes in the child's language as he or she grows older. In this second edition Paul Fletcher and Michael Garman have the same fundamental aim. Six years later the field has not changed dramatically, but there have been fruitful theoretical developments - the learnability hypothesis, in particular, has been influentially expounded - and empirical work seeking evidence of specific language capacities in children has made notable advances. Equally significant are shifts in emphasis: the growing interest in cross-linguistic studies, for example, or accounts of language development of reading and writing. All these changes are reflected in the second edition. About half the chapters are entirely new, having been specially commissioned for this edition. The remainder of the book consists of substantially revised versions of chapters from the first edition. Like its predecessor, this collection is the work of distinguished specialists from many countries and will provide an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike who have an interest in the field of child language acquisition.

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The day when a monolithic explanatory theory of language acquisition could be elaborated and discussed in a section such as this is still a long way off.

From the rear cover

The aim of the first edition of Language Acquisition was to provide as comprehensive a description and explanation as possible of the changes in the child's language as he or she grows older. In this second edition Paul Fletcher and Michael Garman have the same fundamental aim. Six years later the field has not changed dramatically, but there have been fruitful theoretical developments -- the learnability hypothesis, in particular, has been influentially expounded -- and empirical work seeking evidence of specific language capacities in children has made notable advances. Equally significant are shifts in emphasis: the growing interest in cross-linguistic studies, for example, or accounts of language development from a social-interactive perspective, or of the development of reading and writing.

All these changes are reflected in the second edition. About half the chapters are entirely new, having been specially commissioned for this edition. The remainder of the book consists of substantially revised versions of chapters from the first edition.

Like its predecessor, this collection is the work of distinguished specialists from many countries and will provide an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike who have an interest in the field of child language acquisition.

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