Pathways to language : from fetus to adolescent

Pathways to language : from fetus to adolescent / Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Our journey to language begins before birth, as babies in the womb hear clearly enough to distinguish their mother's voice. Canvassing a broad span of experimental and theoretical approaches, this book introduces new ways of looking at language development. A remarkable mother-daughter collabor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karmiloff, Kyra
Other Authors: Karmiloff-Smith, Annette
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2002, ©2001.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Series:Developing child.
Subjects:
Language acquisition.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Language acquisition
Taalverwerving.
Taalontwikkeling.
Spraakontwikkeling.
Kinderen.
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Table of Contents:
  • What is language acquisition?
  • Experimental paradigms for studying language acquisition
  • Speech perception in and out of the womb
  • Learning about the meaning of words
  • Becoming a grammatical being
  • Beyond the sentence
  • Atypical language development
  • Rethinking the nature-nurture debate.

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