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Overview"Speech carries information about the structure and organization of language. Yet, speech is normally produced as a continuous stream without clearly demarcated boundaries between words. A fundamental problem for any language learner is to segment speech in a way that correctly identifies the words of the language. This is a crucial step toward building a lexicon and learning about the grammatical organization of the language. ""The Discovery of Spoken Language"" aims to integrate the field of infant speech perception research into the general study of language acquisition. It fills a part of the acquisition story by providing a review of research on the acquisition of language during the first year of life, focusing primarily on how normally developing infants learn the organization of native language sound patterns. Peter Jusczyk examines the initial capacities that infants possess for discriminating and categorizing speech sounds and how these capacities evolve as infants gain experience with native language input. Considerable attention is paid to ways speech perception capacities develop so that listeners can recognize words in fluent speech. Jusczyk also looks at how infants' growing knowledge of native language sound patterns may facilitate the acquisition of other aspects of language organization and discusses the relationship between the learner's developing capacities for perceiving and producing speech. An appendix reviews the test procedures used to evaluate infant speech perception capacities." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter W. JusczykPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: Bradford Books Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780262600361ISBN 10: 0262600366 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 24 July 2000 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception. Vera Kempe, Contemporary Psychology This is a remarkable and important book. Jusczyk hascomposed a fine portrait of the infant listener and themany attempts to describe the beginnings of language. Thescope is comprehensive, and he has told the tale withrare style. Robert E. Remez, Professor of Psychology, Barnard College The book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception. -- Vera Kempe * <i>Contemporary Psychology</i> * The book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception. —Vera Kempe, Contemporary Psychology The book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception. -Vera Kempe, Contemporary Psychology The book presents an excellent overview of the field and will certainly serve as an important source of reference for speech perception and language acquisition researchers. At the same time, it contains many fascinating theoretical insights into the operation of basic principles of development that have the potential to inspire future research within and beyond the area of speech perception. --Vera Kempe, Contemporary Psychology Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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