Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics

Acquisition of Language, The: Study of Developmental Psycholinguistics

Name: Acquisition of Language, The: Study of Developmental Psycholinguistics
Author: David McNeill
ISBN: 9780060443795

by David McNeill

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Synopsis

“Here is a systematic, integrated, and concise treatment of developmental psycholinguistics. The linguistic orientation is the theory of language developed by Chomsky and others; no prior linguistic background is required to understand this book. Emphasis is on the acquisition of syntax—how the linguistic information described in a transformational generative grammar is acquired by children—and on semantic and sound development. Each chapter on syntax carries a consistent argument a step farther, with innate factors given their proper place in the acquisition of language. Comparative data (principally English, Japanese, and Russian) are used wherever possible to reveal basic similarities in the patterns of child language.”-Publisher.