Child language : acquisition and growth

Barbara C. Lust

The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

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The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

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[目次]

  • 1. The growth of language
  • 2. What is acquired?
  • 3. What is the problem of language acquisition?
  • 4. How we can construct a theory of language acquisition
  • 5. Brain and language development
  • 6. The nature of nurture
  • 7. How can we tell what children know?: methods for the study of language acquisition
  • 8. The acquisition of phonology
  • 9. The acquisition of syntax
  • 10. The acquisition of semantics
  • 11. On the nature of language growth
  • 12. Conclusions: towards an integrated theory of language acquisition.

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[目次]

  • 1. The growth of language
  • 2. What is acquired?
  • 3. What is the problem of language acquisition?
  • 4. How we can construct a theory of language acquisition
  • 5. Brain and language development
  • 6. The nature of nurture
  • 7. How can we tell what children know?: methods for the study of language acquisition
  • 8. The acquisition of phonology
  • 9. The acquisition of syntax
  • 10. The acquisition of semantics
  • 11. On the nature of language growth
  • 12. Conclusions: towards an integrated theory of language acquisition.

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この本の情報

書名 Child language : acquisition and growth
著作者等 Lust, Barbara
シリーズ名 Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2006
ページ数 xix, 389 p.
大きさ 26 cm
ISBN 0521449227
0521444780
NCID BA78403596
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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