First Language Acquisition Author: Eve V. Clark | Language: English | ISBN:
052173293X | Format: PDF
First Language Acquisition Description
Babies are not born talking, they learn language, starting immediately from birth. How does this process take place? When do children master the skills needed for using language successfully? What stages do they go through as they learn to understand and talk? Do the languages they learn affect the way they think? First published in 2009, this edition of Eve Clark's highly successful textbook focuses on children's acquisition of a first language, the stages of development they go through, and how they use language as they learn. It reports on recent findings in each area covered, includes a completely new chapter on the acquisition of two languages and shows how speech to children differs by social class. Skilfully integrating actual data with coverage of current theories and debates, it is an essential guide to studying language acquisition for those working in linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.
- Paperback: 500 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2nd edition (February 2, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 041588666X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521732932
- ASIN: 052173293X
- Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.9 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Clark is one of those few scholars who can present a complicated topic in a very accessible way. She touches on the most important and interesting areas of child language acquisition, citing others' studies as well as her own research. You don't need any previous knowledge of this field to enjoy this book. I highly recommend it!
By A Customer
Although it was refreshing to read an account of language acquisition from the point of the view of Pragmatics, I felt the text was very dense and not organized well within the chapters. Dr. Clark includes information about many relevant experiments, but at times it was hard to distinguish her own interpretations from paraphrased citations. The chart dealing with phonetics also had quite a few errors.
I hope the second edition turns out to be better than this one!
By A Customer
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