Children's Language
Volume 7
Catherine E Snow editor Gina Conti-Ramsden editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
Published:1st Jul '90
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This volume presents current research findings on vital issues in language development compiled by an international group of leading researchers. The data are drawn from studies of the acquisition of Swedish, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, Portuguese, Italian, and English. Themes emphasized in all the chapters include the importance of the social context of acquisition, the existence of interconnections among various domains of language development, and the impossibility of understanding acquisition using a simple theory or a single methodological approach.
"They have done a great service in presenting to an international audience a diverse array of approaches and data from an international group of authors."
—Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
"Becker's chapter on the acquisition of pragmatic competence provides an excellent and succinct introduction to the research in this field....there is a very welcome diversity in the type of problems investigated....Conti-Ramsden and Snow have done an excellent job....this book contains reports of cutting-edge research that will be of great interest to those interested in language use and development during the preschool years....Much is exploratory and opens new domains of inquiry that are likely to inspire further research by investigators who read these chapters."
—Contemporary Psychology
ISBN: 9780805805239
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 385g
352 pages