Growing up with Language by Naomi S Baron

Growing up with Language by Naomi S Baron

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Growing up with Language by Naomi S Baron

Linguistics professor Naomi Baron applies her professional expertise to the study of how children master the skill of language, a book that is not just accessible but actually enjoyable for the average reader . . . (with) useful information on how humans create speech and language (Bloomsbury Review).

Naomi S. Baron is Professor of Linguistics Emerita at American University in Washington, DC. A leading authority on language use in the age of the computer, she has studied instant messaging, text messaging, mobile phone practices, multitasking behavior, and Facebook usage by American college
students, along with cross-cultural mobile phone use. She is the author of six earlier books, including Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where It's Heading. Baron has been interviewed in such media as Good Morning America, ABC News 20/20, CNN, the Diane Rehm Show, Fresh Air, PBS
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, All Things Considered, Morning Edition, BBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and Wired Magazine.
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ISBN 13 9780201550801
ISBN 10 0201550806
Title Growing up with Language
Author Naomi S Baron
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Addison Wesley Longman (Higher Education Division, Pearson Education)
Year published 1991-01-01
Number of pages 269
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.