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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      September 2006
      ISBN:
      9780511803413
      9780521444781
      9780521449229
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511803413
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.93kg, 410 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (247 x 174 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.73kg, 410 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
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    The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

    Reviews

    '… this glimpse into a different scientific tradition, coupled with the opportunity to grasp the complexity of this uniquely human skill made this book well worth reading…'

    Source: Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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