Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development

by Stephen C. Levinson and Steven Levinson

Book Overview

Recent years have seen a revolution in our knowledge of how children learn to think and speak. In this volume, leading scholars from these rapidly evolving fields of research examine the relationship between child language acquisition and cognitive development. At first sight, advances in the two areas seem to have moved in opposing directions: the study of language acquisition has been especially concerned with diversity, explaining how children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521596599
• ISBN13: 9780521596596
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"