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A text for advanced undergraduate students, focusing on language development as a field of basic research. After an overview and history of the field, chapters cover the biological bases of language development and core topics of phonological, lexical, and syntactic development, as well as development of communicative competence, language development in special populations, and childhood bilingualism. Hoff teaches psychology at Florida Atlantic University. This edition contains new material on the genetics of languages, language development after early childhood, and some 120 new references from 1997 through 2000. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This comprehensive text offers a balanced, in-depth presentation of a variety of information on how children develop language, beginning with the perception and production of speech sounds in infancy and moving through the development of vocabulary, grammar, and communicative competence. Also included are chapters on language in special populations, childhood bilingualism, and the biological bases of language (which covers such topics as evolution, chimps, and aphasia). Written by an author who has a background in both speech pathology and psychology, the text uses theory to motivate and explain the research and to put the research findings in perspective. It is also the most current resource available with many of the latest research developments referenced from 1999 and 2000.
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