Child Language by Barbara C Lust
The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. 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. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.-
Pragmatics
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Discourse Analysis
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Dialectology
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Syntactic Theory and the Structure of English
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Historical Linguistics
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English Word-Formation
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English Phonology
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Phonology
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Sociolinguistics
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Linguistic Anthropology
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Logic in Linguistics
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Lexical Semantics
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Grammatical Roles and Relations
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Introduction to the Grammar of English
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Transformational Grammar
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Psycholinguistics
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Conversation Analysis
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Lexical Meaning
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Corpus Linguistics
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Word-Formation in English
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Semantic Theory
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Morphology
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Writing Systems
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Relevance Theory
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The Physics of Speech
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Comparing Syntax
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Sign Language Linguistics
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Mood and Modality
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Understanding Minimalism
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Continuing Syntax
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An Introduction to Word Grammar
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Beginning Syntax
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Cognitive Linguistics
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Foundations of French Syntax
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Intonation
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Figurative Language
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Optimality Theory
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Statistics in Language Studies
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First and Second Language Acquisition
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The Phonological Structure of Words
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Principles of Phonetics
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Binding Theory
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Language Contact
'… this glimpse into a different scientific tradition, coupled with the opportunity to grasp the complexity of this uniquely human skill made this book well worth reading…' Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Barbara Lust is Professor in the Department of Human Development, Cornell University, New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521449229 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521449227 |
| Title | Child Language |
| Author | Barbara C Lust |
| Series | Cambridge Textbooks In Linguistics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2006-09-21 |
| Number of pages | 410 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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