02557nam a2200349Ia 4500 20260803094100.0 251212s2010 xx 000 0 und d Child language : acquistion and development / Matthew Saxton. Saxton, Matthew London : SAGE Publishing, 2010. xvii, 328 p.: ill. 23 cm. Includes bibliographic references and index 978-1-4129-0232-8 Children Language Language acquisition Subject headings Chart 401.93 Sa98c 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0 0 1 1 0 HED3894 English CollLib Prelude : landmarks in the landscape of child language -- Can animals acquire human language? : Shakespeare`s typewriter -- The critical period hypothesis : now or never? -- Input and interaction : tutorials for toddlers -- Language in the first year : breaking the sound barrier -- The developing lexicon : what`s in a name? -- The acquisition of morphology : linguistic lego -- Linguistic nativism : to the grammar born -- The usage-based approach : making it up as you go along -- You say nature, I say nurture : better call the calling off off. "The acquisition of language is a staggering feat, yet one that all typically developing children have largely tackled by the time they reach school age. This book presents the latest thinking and research on how children acquire and develop their first language, written in a manner that will be stimulating and interesting for a range of undergraduate students." "The reader is taken from a standing start to the point where they can engage with key debates and current research in the field of child language. No background knowledge of linguistic theory is assumed and all specialist terms are introduced in clear, non-technical language. A theme running through the book is the nature-nurture debate, rekindled in the modern era by Noam Chomsky, with his belief that the form language takes in the child is largely determined by genetic factors. This book is rare in its balanced presentation of evidence from both sides of the nature-nurture divide; in effect, it uniquely presents a case for language acquisition and development."--BOOK JACKET 5 Text Unmediated Volume lcc BK rizal 2015-04-07 23:18:23 rizal 2015-04-07 23:18:23 4509 4491 4491 0 0 ddc 0 0 HED HED HED 2025-12-21 401.93 Sa98c HED3894 2026-06-02 00:00:00 2025-12-21 BK