Language acquisition books

3367 books were found.

Language Acquisition

Language Acquisition

Author: Lila Gleitman ,  Cynthia Fisher
ISBN: 9781405102247
Format: Paperback
$51.72

* * Explores the interaction of meaning and grammar in language acquisition. * * Substantially revised...  Read More >>

23: The Transition to Language

23: The Transition to Language

Author: Alison Wray (, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University)
ISBN: 9780199250660
Format: Paperback
$140.95

Linguists, biological anthropologists, and cognitive scientists come together in this book to explore the origins...  Read More >>

Invisible Work: Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing in intermarried families

Invisible Work: Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing...

Author: Toshie Okita (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9789027218476
Format: Hardback
$238.05

This work explores why in some ethnically intermarried families children become bilingual, and in others they don't....  Read More >>

The Transition to Language

The Transition to Language

Author: Alison Wray (, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Language and Communication Research, Cardiff University)
ISBN: 9780199250653
Format: Hardback
$103.95

Linguists, biological anthropologists, and cognitive scientists explore the origins and early evolution of phonology,...  Read More >>

How the Brain Evolved Language

How the Brain Evolved Language

Author: Donald Loritz (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Georgetown University)
ISBN: 9780195151244
Format: Paperback
$118.95

Donald Loritz tries to answer some of our fundamental questions about the origins of language and explore what the...  Read More >>

Talking to Adults: The Contribution of Multiparty Discourse to Language Acquisition

Talking to Adults: The Contribution of Multiparty Discourse...

Author: Shoshana Blum-Kulka ,  Catherine E. Snow
ISBN: 9781135655648
Format: Electronic book text
$75.98

This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the contribution of multiparty intergenerational talk...  Read More >>

The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition: Engagement, Effort and the Essential Tension in Development

The Intentionality Model and Language Acquisition: Engagement,...

Author: Lois Bloom (Columbia University, USA) ,  Erin Tinker (Trinity School, New York City, USA)
ISBN: 9781405100892
Format: Paperback
$90.95

The Intentionality Model builds on the childa s engagement in a world of persons and objects, the effort that learning...  Read More >>

From Syntax to Discourse: Pronominal Clitics, Null Subjects and Infinitives in Child Language

From Syntax to Discourse: Pronominal Clitics, Null Subjects...

Author: C. Hamann
ISBN: 9781402004407
Format: Paperback
$211.07

One line of investigation supporting the view of language as a genetic endowment is closely linked to traditional...  Read More >>

From Syntax to Discourse: Pronominal Clitics, Null Subjects and Infinitives in Child Language

From Syntax to Discourse: Pronominal Clitics, Null Subjects...

Author: C. Hamann
ISBN: 9781402004391
Format: Hardback
$419.76

One line of investigation supporting the view of language as a genetic endowment is closely linked to traditional...  Read More >>

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

Author: Paul Bloom (Yale University) ,  Jeffrey S. Rosenschein
ISBN: 9780262523295
Format: Paperback
$85.00

How children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes.  Read More >>

Grammatical Features and the Acquisition of Reference: A Comparative Study of Dutch and Spanish

Grammatical Features and the Acquisition of Reference:...

Author: Sergio Baauw
ISBN: 9780415937610
Format: Hardback
$168.00

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Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution

Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution...

Author: Ray Jackendoff (Professor of Linguistics, Program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, Brandeis University)
ISBN: 9780198270126
Format: Hardback
$363.95

A reference in linguistics and cognitive science. Ray Jackendoff proposes a new holistic theory of the relation...  Read More >>

Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Semantic Knowledge

Universal Grammar and the Acquisition of Semantic Knowledge...

Author: Julien Musolino (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
ISBN: 9780415937429
Format: Hardback
$128.00

This text explores the way in which English-speaking children acquire the meaning of sentences containing negation...  Read More >>

Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour of Arthur van Essen

Reflections on Language and Language Learning: In honour...

Author: Marcel Bax (University of Groningen) ,  C. Jan-Wouter Zwart (University of Groningen)
ISBN: 9789027225849
Format: Hardback
$271.69

A collection of essays in honour of the former Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Groningen....  Read More >>

A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Perspectives of Change in Psycholinguistics

A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Perspectives of...

Author: Philip Herdina ,  Ulrike Jessner
ISBN: 9781853594670
Format: Paperback
$118.67

This book focuses on the psycholinguistic dynamics of multilingualism and the processes of change in time affecting...  Read More >>

A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Perspectives of Change in Psycholinguistics

A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Perspectives of...

Author: Philip Herdina ,  Ulrike Jessner
ISBN: 9781853594687
Format: Hardback
$369.47

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Language Acquisition: The Growth of Grammar

Language Acquisition: The Growth of Grammar

Author: Maria Teresa Guasti (University Milano-Bicocca)
ISBN: 9780262072229
Format: Hardback
$158.40

A comprehensive introduction to language acquisition based on current linguistic theory.  Read More >>

Second Language Writers' Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical Features

Second Language Writers' Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical...

Author: Eli Hinkel
ISBN: 9780805840339
Format: Paperback
$93.00

Presents results of large-scale study of university-level text produced by writers who are not native speakers of...  Read More >>

Second Language Writers' Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical Features

Second Language Writers' Text: Linguistic and Rhetorical...

Author: Eli Hinkel
ISBN: 9780805838886
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Presents results of large-scale study of university-level text produced by writers who are not native speakers of...  Read More >>

The Silent Child

The Silent Child

Author: Laurent Danon-Boileau ,  Kevin Windle
ISBN: 9780198237860
Format: Hardback
$88.95

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The New Immigrant and Language: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration

The New Immigrant and Language: Interdisciplinary Perspectives...

Author: Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco ,  Carola Suárez-Orozco
ISBN: 9780815337102
Format: Hardback
$275.00

This series focuses on Latin American, Caribbean and Asian immigration, bringing together the major scholarly contributions...  Read More >>

Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice

Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language...

Author: Katharine G. Butler ,  Elaine R. Silliman
ISBN: 9780805833669
Format: Paperback
$92.00

This work shows that being literate requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as...  Read More >>

Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice

Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language...

Author: Katharine G. Butler ,  Elaine R. Silliman
ISBN: 9780805833652
Format: Hardback
$165.00

This work shows that being literate requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as...  Read More >>

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