Language acquisition books

3367 books were found.

The Point of Words: Children’s Understanding of Metaphor and Irony

The Point of Words: Children’s Understanding of Metaphor...

Author: Ellen Winner
ISBN: 9780674681262
Format: Paperback
$63.95

Psychologist Ellen Winner studies the creative, nonliteral discourse of children's spontaneous speech, examining...  Read More >>

Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner

Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner...

Author: Susan M. Gass (Michigan State University, USA) ,  Susan M. Gass
ISBN: 9780805822083
Format: Hardback
$277.20

This volume provides a view of the relationship between input, interaction and second language acquisition. In so...  Read More >>

Language Mixing in Infant Bilingualism: A Sociolinguistic Perspective

Language Mixing in Infant Bilingualism: A Sociolinguistic...

Author: Elizabeth Lanza (Professor of Applied Linguistics, Professor of Applied Linguistics, University of Oslo)
ISBN: 9780198235750
Format: Hardback
$355.95

Examines the simultaneous acquisition of Norwegian and English by two first-born children each with one American...  Read More >>

Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC)

Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard acquisition processes...

Author: Geneviève Escure (University of Minnesota)
ISBN: 9789027252401
Format: Hardback
$261.34

This work examines the unguided acquisition of a standard language by speakers of nonstandard varieties in two distinct...  Read More >>

Reflection and strategies in foreign language learning: "A study of four university-level ""ab initio"" learners of German"

Reflection and strategies in foreign language learning:...

Author: Jennifer Ridley
ISBN: 9783631304457
Format: Paperback
$135.59

Against the background of current concerns for a learner-centred, consciousness-raising approach to foreign language...  Read More >>

The Language of Children: Evolution and Development of Secondary Consciousness and Language

The Language of Children: Evolution and Development...

Author: Mathilda Holzman (Tufts University)
ISBN: 9781557865175
Format: Paperback
$107.95

An introduction to how children acquire and use language for students of psychology, language and education. The...  Read More >>

The Language of Children: Evolution and Development of Secondary Consciousness and Language

The Language of Children: Evolution and Development...

Author: Mathilda Holzman (Tufts University)
ISBN: 9781557865168
Format: Hardback
$221.95

An introduction to how children acquire and use language for students of psychology, language and education. The...  Read More >>

Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges

Language Policy: Dominant English, Pluralist Challenges...

Author: William Eggington (Brigham Young University, Utah) ,  Helen Wren (University of New South Wales)
ISBN: 9789027221636
Format: Paperback
$142.31

This work on language policy covers such topics as: language policy agendas; language policy-making in Britain in...  Read More >>

If a Chimpanzee Could Talk and Other Reflections on Language Acquisition

If a Chimpanzee Could Talk and Other Reflections on...

Author: Jerry H. Gill
ISBN: 9780816516698
Format: Paperback
$50.03

"How is it that chimpanzees can learn to ""speak"" at a higher level than some so-called wolf children? What happened...  Read More >>

Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

Author: Gunther Kress
ISBN: 9780415138055
Format: Paperback
$76.00

This book challenges common assumptions about language and literacy, thought and action. It places these challenges...  Read More >>

Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy

Author: Gunther Kress
ISBN: 9780415138048
Format: Hardback
$238.00

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Two Languages at Work: Bilingual Life on the Production Floor

Two Languages at Work: Bilingual Life on the Production...

Author: Tara Goldstein
ISBN: 9783110150582
Format: Hardback
$591.36

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Learning English: Development and Diversity

Learning English: Development and Diversity

Author: Neil Mercer ,  Joan Swann
ISBN: 9780415131223
Format: Paperback
$116.03

This book examines the processes of language acquisition in English, as well as what it means to learn English in...  Read More >>

Second-Language Speech: Structure and Process

Second-Language Speech: Structure and Process

Author: Allan James ,  Jonathan Leather
ISBN: 9783110141269
Format: Hardback
$591.36

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Aspects of Argument Structure Acquisition in Inuktitut

Aspects of Argument Structure Acquisition in Inuktitut...

Author: Shanley E.M. Allen (Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen)
ISBN: 9789027224798
Format: Hardback
$227.70

This text discusses the first language acquisition of three morphosyntactic mechanisms of transitivity alternation...  Read More >>

Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community

Becoming Bilingual: Language Acquisition in a Bilingual...

Author: Jean Lyon
ISBN: 9781853593178
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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The Handbook of Child Language

The Handbook of Child Language

Author: Paul Fletcher (University of Reading) ,  Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University)
ISBN: 9780631203124
Format: Paperback
$103.95

This volume, in its 25 definitive chapters on normal and nonnormal language development, represents the authoritative...  Read More >>

Understanding Second Language Learning Difficulties

Understanding Second Language Learning Difficulties...

Author: Madeline E. Ehrman
ISBN: 9780761901914
Format: Paperback
$371.00

Presents insights, techniques and skills needed to understand why some adult students have difficulties with learning...  Read More >>

Understanding Second Language Learning Difficulties

Understanding Second Language Learning Difficulties...

Author: Madeline E. Ehrman
ISBN: 9780761901907
Format: Hardback
$452.00

Presents insights, techniques and skills needed to understand why some adult students have difficulties with learning...  Read More >>

Emerging Patterns of Literacy

Emerging Patterns of Literacy

Author: Rhian Jones
ISBN: 9780415130493
Format: Hardback
$280.00

A unique study of parent-infant interactions at home drawing on psychology, linguistics and anthropology.  Read More >>

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation...

Author: Robert Bayley (The University of Texas at San Antonio) ,  Dennis R. Preston (Michigan State University)
ISBN: 9789027241221
Format: Paperback
$77.63

"Part of the series ""Studies in Bilingualism"", this text covers such topics as: variationist perspectives on second-language...  Read More >>

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation...

Author: Robert Bayley (The University of Texas at San Antonio) ,  Dennis R. Preston (Michigan State University)
ISBN: 9789027241160
Format: Hardback
$250.99

"Part of the series ""Studies in Bilingualism"", this text covers such topics as: variationist perspectives on second-language...  Read More >>

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