The Handbook of Child Language
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
1. Edition November 1996
800 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This volume, in its 25 definitive chapters on normal and nonnormal language development, represents the authoritative and up-to-date complete sourcebook on child language development. All aspects of child language development are addressed, including phonetics, phonology, grammar, and lexical development. Connectionism and government-binding theory, as applied to language development, are fully represented. The relevance of input, cognition, and social factors to language development is explored. Chapters on methodology, particularly using computer databases, are provided for both normal and nonnormal acquisition.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Theory, Method, and Context.
Introduction.
Theoretical Approaches.
Methods.
Part II: The Emergence and Consolidation of Linguistic
Abilities.
Introduction.
The Spoken Language: Early Speech Development.
Learning Words.
Learning Grammar.
.
Part III: Nonnormal Language Development.
Introduction.
References.
Index.
can follow up specific themes through the extensive bibliography,
and the general linguist, whom it provides a state of the art
survey." Margaret Deuchar, University of Wales
"I consider this to be a useful book ... It has something to
offer both the child language specialist, who can follow up
specific themes through the extensive bibliography, and the general
linguist, to whom it provides with a state of the art
survey."Marja Etelamaki, Journal of Linguistics
of Reading.
Brian MacWhinney is Professor of Psychology at Carnegie
Mellon University.
