Abstract:Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors Section 1: The Social Matrix of Language Development 1.1 Conversations Between Mothers and Young Children: Individual Differences and Their Po...Editors' Preface. Acknowledgements. Notes on Contributors Section 1: The Social Matrix of Language Development 1.1 Conversations Between Mothers and Young Children: Individual Differences and Their Possible Implication for the Study of Language Learning Elena Lieven 1.2 The Acquisition of Gender-Differentiated Language Jennifer Coates Section 2: Methodology 2.1 Ethical standards through the research process Priscilla Alderson 2.2 Introduction [to the CHILDES Project] Brian MacWhinney 2.3 Investigating the validity of a new measure of lexical diversity for root and inflected forms Brian Richards and David Malvern Section 3: Meanings 3.1 Symmetries and asymmetries in early lexical comprehension and production Margaret Harris, Caroline Yeeles, Joan Chasin and Yvonne Oakley 3.2 Restricting a Familiar Name in Response to Learning a New One: Evidence For the Mutual Exclusivity Bias in Young Two-Year-Olds William Merriman and Colleen Stevenson 3.3 From Universal to Language-Specific in Early Grammatical Development Melissa Bowerman Section 4: Word and Sentence Structure 4.1 The Role of Syntax in Verb Learning Lila Gleitman and Jane Gillette 4.2 How to Build a Lexicon: A Case Study of Lexical Errors and Innovations Deanne Swan Section 5: Phonology 5.1 On the Acquisition of Velars E. Jane Fee 5.2 Syllable Structure and Minimal Words Carol Stoel-Gammon Section 6: Explanations of Language Development 6.1 Filler Syllables: What is Their Status in Emerging Grammar? Ann Peters 6.2 Underspecification and Modularity in Early Syntax: A Formalist Perspective on Language Acquisition Nina Hyams 6.3 Emergent Language Brian MacWhinney Section 7: Bilingualism and Cross-Cultural Comparisons 7.1 Bilingual Language Development Suzanne Romaine 7.2 Theories, Language and Culture: Whorf Without Wincing Alison Gopnik. Appendix: About Statistical Analysis. Bibliography. IndexRead More
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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