This leading and comprehensive text on language development is rich in information, research, examples, and activities.
A thorough and readable introductory text on language development, this book covers all aspects of the complex subject — including syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics — while explaining each idea and concept in a way that is easily understandable by even beginning students of the field. Rich in pedagogical aids like discussion questions, chapter objectives, reflections, and main point boxed features, the eighth edition of Language Development also emphasizes culturally and linguistically diverse children and bilingual and dialectical developmental information — a discussion that accurately reflects the diversity of life and language in the United States.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: The Territory
This Text and You
Speech Language and Communication
Speech
Language
Communication
Properties of Language
Language as a Social Tool
Language is a Rule Governed System
Language is Generative
Other Properties
Components of Language
Syntax
Morphology
Phonology
Semantics
Pragmatics
Relationship of Language Components
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 2: Describing Language
Linguistic Theory
Nature vs. Nurture
Language Research and Analysis
Issues in the Study of Child Language
Method of Data Collection
Sample Size and Variability
Naturalness and Representativeness of the Data
Collection Procedures
Analysis Procedures
Cross-Language Studies
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 3: Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
Central Nervous System
Hemispheric Asymmetry
Brain Maturation
Language Comprehension
Language Processing
Language Production
Models of Linguistic Processing
A Limited System and Executive Function
Theory of Mind
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 4: Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
Neurological Development
Early Cognitive Development
Sensation
Perception
Motor Control
Cognition
Cognition and Language Development
Learning
Role of the Caregiver
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 5: The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
Development of Communication: A Chronology
The Newborn
Socialization and Early Communication: Age Birth to 6 Months
Development of Intentionality: Age 7 to 12 Months
Maternal Communication Behaviors
Infant-Elicited Social Behavior
Cultural, Socioeconomic, and Gender Differences
Interactions Between Infants and Caregiver
Joint Reference
Joint Action
Turn-Taking
Situational Variations
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 6: Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
Comprehension, Production, and Cognitive Growth
Cognition and Language
Less is More
Child Learning Strategies
Toddler Language-Learning Services
Preschool Language-Learning Services
Children’s Processes of Language Acquisition
Adult Conversational Teaching Techniques
Adult Speech to Toddlers
Adult Conversations with Preschoolers
Importance of Play
Variation on a Theme
Individual Child Differences
Cultural and Social Differences
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 7: A First Word and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
Single Word Utterances
Pragmatics
Initial Lexicons
Meaning of Single-Word Utterances
Early Multiword Combinations
Transition: Early Word Combinations
Multiword Utterances
Phonological Learning
Articulatory Maps
Single-Word Utterance Patterns
Phonological Processes
Learning Units and Extension
Individual Differences
Bilingualism
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 8: Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
Preschool Department
Pragmatic Development
The Conversational Context
Narratives
Theory of Mind
Summary
Semantic Development
Relational Terms
Conclusion
Semantic and Pragmatic Influence on Syntactic Development
Semantics
Pragmatics
Language Development Differences and Delays
Language Development Differences
Language Development Delays
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 9: Preschool Development of Language Form
Semantic Syntactic Connection
Syntactic and Morphologic Development
Patterns in Preschool Language Development
Bound Morphemes
Determinants of Acquisition Order
Phrase Development
Sentence Development
Phonemic and Phonological Development
Speech-Sound Acquisition
Phonological Processes
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 10: Early School-Age Language Development
The Early School-Age Child
Pragmatic Development
Narratives
Conversational Abilities
Summary
Semantic Development
Vocabulary Growth
Conceptual Change
Related Cognitive Processing
Figurative Language
Syntactic and Morphologic Development
Morphologic Development
Noun- and Verb- Phrase Development
Sentence Types
Summary
Phonologic Development
Morphophonemic Development
Speech Production
Summary
Metalinguistic Abilities
Language Difference
Code Switching Development
African American English Speakers and Society
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 11: School-Age Literacy Development
The Process of Reading
Phonological Awareness
Comprehension
Reading Development
Emerging Literacy
Mature Literacy
The Process of Writing
Spelling
Writing Development
Emerging Literacy
Mature Literacy
Spelling
Text Generation and Executive Function
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Chapter 12: Adolescent and Adult Language
Pragmatics
Speaking Styles
Conversational Abilities
Gender Differences
Semantics
Syntax and Morphology
Noun Phrases
Conjuncts and Disjuncts
Phonology
Literacy
Bilingualism
Conclusion
Chapter Conclusion
Chapter Discussion
Chapter Main Points
Chapter Reflections
Appendix A: American English Speech Sounds
Appendix B: major Racial and Ethnic Dialects of American English
Appendix C: Development Summary
Appendix D: Computing MLU
Appendix E: Background Grammar
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index
