Critical Influences on Child Language Acquisition and Development

by Geoffrey J. Turner and David J. Messer

Book Overview

The book identifies and assesses the importance of a range of influences on child language acquisition and development, paying particular attention to situational influences. Key issues are highlighted and recent research is succinctly presented. There are five sections: the deployment of speech during early development; linguistic interaction and family background: encoding the situation; multidimentional aspects of language development; and constraints...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349226106
• ISBN13: 9781349226108
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"