Child language :
Lust, Barbara, 1941-
Child language : acquisition and growth / Barbara C. Lust, Cornell University. - xix, 389 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
Includes glossary. Includes appendices.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth into the early childhood years. 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
9780521449229 0521449227
Language acquisition--Research--Methodology
--Reading book
401.93 / LUS
Child language : acquisition and growth / Barbara C. Lust, Cornell University. - xix, 389 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Cambridge textbooks in linguistics .
Includes glossary. Includes appendices.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth into the early childhood years. 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
9780521449229 0521449227
Language acquisition--Research--Methodology
--Reading book
401.93 / LUS