The Discovery of Spoken Language

by Peter W. Jusczyk

Book Overview

Speech carries information about the structure and organization of language. Yet, speech is normally produced as a continuous stream without clearly demarcated boundaries between words. A fundamental... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262100584
• ISBN13: 9780262100588
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Former Student's Review

I was a student in Dr. Jusczyk's class at Johns Hopkins a few years ago (fall of '98 I believe). He was a wonderful professor and taught one of the most challenging psychology courses, and he used his book (Discovery of Spoken Language) for the class. After that class, I remember seeing him on CNN discussing infants and language development, and I was just so impressed especially after having taken his class. Plus, he was so easy to approach and such a nice person. He wrote me a recommedation for a graduate program my senior year. I was just sitting here crying when I found out that he died 2 years ago. I was just shocked. Tonight I just decided to search his name online and see if he had done any more CNN specials because every now and then I bring up his name in my graduate program when the issue of language development comes up. I always feel the urge to ask "Have you seen or read Peter Jusczyk's work?" Tonight I read that he had died unexpectedly in August of 2001. I wrote Dr. Jusczyk an email once that said that I hope I find a career that I love as much as he loved his. You could just see how much he truly loved his work. My condolences to all of his loved ones.