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The Nile on eBay FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE From First Words to Grammar by Lynn Sebestyen Snyder, Elizabeth Bates, Inge Bretherton This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar. The study explores the structure and breakdown of language under normal and abnormal conditions. It is useful to researchers in the field, speech/language pathologists and early childhood educators interested in the assessment of early language. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book is the first comprehensive study of the passage from first words to grammar in a sample of children large enough to permit systematic analysis of individual differences in style and rate of development. The authors provide a large body of information about first words and early grammatical development in qualitative and quantitative patterns that are useful not only for researchers in the field, but for speech/language pathologists and early childhood educators interested in the assessment of early language. They also address one of the most controversial theoretical issues in modern linguistics and psycholinguistics: the problem of modularity, with individual differences suggesting that components of language can come apart in early stages, developing at different rates in different children. But these differences appear to cut across the supposed boundaries between grammatical and lexical development, suggesting that the same mechanisms are responsible for both. The results support a unified functionalist approach to language development, and have implications for the way we think about the structure and breakdown of language under normal and abnormal conditions. Table of Contents Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Background: 1. Introduction; 2. Modules and mechanisms; 3. Individual differences and the correlational method; 4. Review of the individual differences literature; Part II. Individual Studies; Section 1. Overall Design of Longitudinal Study: 5. Study 1: comprehension and production at 10 and 13 months; 6. Study 2: the meaning of mean length of utterance at 20 months; 7. Study 3: lexical development and lexical style at 20 months; 8. Study 4. single- and multiword comprehension at 20 months; 9. Study 5: acquisition of a novel concept at 20 months; 10. Study 6: the meaning of mean length of utterance at 28 months; 11. Study 7. lexical development and lexical style at 28 months; 12. Study 8: morphological productivity at 28 months; 13. Study 9: lexical comprehension and the question of intelligence; 14. Study 10: grammatical comprehension at 28 months; Part III. A Summary View: 15. Study 11: a factor analytic approach; 16. Study 12: social contributions to individual differences; 17. Conclusion; References; Index; Subject Index. Review "[The authors'] challenging and fruitful questioning and their innovation in methodologies will be much more valuable for the future of the field than most of the empty theoretical fabrications that are so common in developmental psycholinguistics." Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography "Their [the authors'] challenging and fruitful questioning and their innovation in methodologies will be much more valuable for the future of the field than most of the empty theoretical fabrications that are so common in developmental psycholinguistics." Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography "The major contribution certainly, is the enormous body of data and the intensity of the analysis. The eventual outcome is the elucidation of mechanisms for language learning that turn out to be complex and constantly changing, but in any case, not describable by the 'vertical' categories of syntax and semantics. The book is an important addition to the research literature on language acquisition..." Journal of the American Speech and Hearing Association Promotional This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar. Promotional "Headline" This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar. Description for Bookstore This book is a comprehensive study of how children pass from their first words to grammar. The study explores the structure and breakdown of language under normal and abnormal conditions. It is useful to researchers in the field, speech/language pathologists and early childhood educators interested in the assessment of early language. 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Details ISBN 052142500X Author Inge Bretherton Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1991 ISBN-10 052142500X ISBN-13 9780521425001 Format Paperback Publication Date 1991-09-27 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Individual Differences and Dissociable Mechanisms Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 415 Pages 340 Media Book Language English Short Title FROM 1ST WORDS TO GRAMMAR REV/ Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780521425001 UK Release Date 1991-09-27 AU Release Date 1991-09-27 NZ Release Date 1991-09-27 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Audience Professional & Vocational Country of Origin GB Product Class Description Psychology: Professional & General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! 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