Analysing Children's Language: Methods and Theories

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A guide to all aspects of the methodology of child language research, and to its conceptual and historical background, exploring from first principles such issues as the competing merits of naturalistic and controlled observation, the selection of research subjects, and the collection and analysis of data. Examines the contributions of psychology and linguistics to the development of child language research as an independent discipline. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)