Language Development 1st Edition by Patricia Brooks, Vera Kempe ISBN 1444331469 9781444331462

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ISBN 10: 1444331469 
ISBN 13: 9781444331462
Author: Patricia Brooks, Vera Kempe

From the first moment of life, language development occurs in the context of social activities. This book emphasises how language development interacts with social and cognitive development, and shows how these abilities work together to turn children into sophisticated language users―a process that continues well beyond the early years.  Covering the breadth of contemporary research on language development, Brooks and Kempe illustrate the methodological variety and multi-disciplinary character of the field, presenting recent findings with reference to major theoretical discussions. Through their clear and accessible style, readers are given an authentic flavour of the complexities of language development research.

With such research advancing at a rapid pace, Language Development uncovers new insights into a variety of areas such as the neurophysiological underpinnings of language, the language processing capabilities of newborns, and the role of genes in regulating this amazing human ability.

Language Development 1st Table of contents:

• Part I: Getting Started

  • Chapter 1: The Study of Language Development

    • What is Language?

    • What is Language Development?

    • Key Debates in Language Development (Nature vs. Nurture)

    • Methods for Studying Language Development

    • Why Study Language Development?

  • Chapter 2: Foundations of Language: Cognition and Social Interaction

    • Cognitive Prerequisites for Language

    • Social Interaction and Communication

    • Early Social-Cognitive Skills (Joint Attention, Theory of Mind)

    • Pre-linguistic Communication (Babbling, Gestures)

• Part II: Learning the System

  • Chapter 3: Phonological Development

    • The Sounds of Language: Phonemes

    • Infant Speech Perception

    • Speech Production: Babbling to First Words

    • Phonological Processes and Development

  • Chapter 4: Lexical Development

    • The First Words

    • Vocabulary Spurt

    • Word Learning Strategies (Constraints, Social Cues)

    • Lexical Organization and Storage

    • Individual Differences in Vocabulary Development

  • Chapter 5: Semantic Development

    • Meaning and Reference

    • Conceptual Development and Word Meanings

    • Overextension and Underextension

    • Relational Terms (Spatial, Temporal, Relational)

  • Chapter 6: Syntactic Development

    • From Two-Word Utterances to Complex Sentences

    • Morphological Development (Inflections)

    • Acquisition of Sentence Structures (Questions, Negatives)

    • Theories of Syntactic Acquisition

  • Chapter 7: Pragmatic and Communicative Development

    • Using Language in Context

    • Speech Acts

    • Conversation Skills (Turn-taking, Topic Maintenance)

    • Referential Communication

    • Narrative Development

• Part III: Expanding the Landscape

  • Chapter 8: Atypical Language Development

    • Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

    • Language Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

    • Language in Down Syndrome

    • Hearing Impairment and Language

  • Chapter 9: Bilingual Language Development

    • Simultaneous and Sequential Bilingualism

    • Code-Switching

    • Cognitive Advantages of Bilingualism

    • Challenges in Bilingual Language Acquisition

  • Chapter 10: Literacy Development: Reading and Writing

    • Emergent Literacy

    • Learning to Read: Decoding and Comprehension

    • Spelling and Writing Development

    • Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties

  • Chapter 11: Language in the Social Context

    • Language and Social Class

    • Gender Differences in Language Use

    • Peer Group Influences

    • Language and Identity

• Part IV: Theoretical Perspectives

  • Chapter 12: Nativist Approaches to Language Acquisition

    • Chomsky’s Universal Grammar

    • Poverty of the Stimulus Argument

    • Modularity of Language

  • Chapter 13: Empiricist and Connectionist Approaches

    • Statistical Learning and Pattern Recognition

    • Usage-Based Theories

    • Connectionist Models

  • Chapter 14: Social Interactionist and Usage-Based Approaches

    • Vygotsky and Social Scaffolding

    • Bruner and the Language Acquisition Support System (LASS)

    • The Role of Input and Feedback

    • Current Directions in Interactionist Theories

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