Beyond Names for Things: Young Children's Acquisition of Verbs

by Michael Tomasello

Book Overview

Most research on children's lexical development has focused on their acquisition of names for concrete objects. This is the first edited volume to focus specifically on how children acquire their early verbs. Verbs are an especially important part of the early lexicon because of the role they play in children's emerging grammatical competence. The contributors to this book investigate:
* children's earliest words for actions and events and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138876372
• ISBN13: 9781138876378
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"