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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 September 2012
      04 May 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511791130
      9780521573863
      9780521574747
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511791130
      Dimensions:
      (198 x 129 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.435kg, 298 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (198 x 129 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.441kg, 300 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
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    Subjects:
    Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Psychology, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
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    Book description

    Some children can hear and can speak, yet have trouble understanding or producing utterances. In this accessible introduction to children's language difficulties, Shula Chiat explores the stumbling blocks which lie behind their struggle. The uniqueness of this book lies in its focus on individual children, the extensive and intriguing examples which illustrate their problems, and the step-by-step search for the source of those problems. Difficulties with words, verb structures, function morphomenes, and meaning are examined and illustrated by detailed case studies. This book provides a clear overview of what children with language difficulties say and do, and introduces a logical approach to identifying children's language problems. It will be welcomed by students and researchers of linguistics, language development and language disorders; teachers of language-impaired children; and speech and language therapists.

    Reviews

    ‘This is a delightful and an important book. The mixture of real life examples and linguistically sophisticated analyses is just right. Chiat focuses especially intently on phonological problems and word learning problems and the cascading effects these can have on other aspects of language development. Throughout, we never lose sight of individual children with their own individual problems.’

    Michael Tomasello - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    ‘A clear and accessible description of children’s language problems and the complications they pose. Its many examples of the communicative struggles faced by these children will serve as a helpful reminder of why our task of solving the mysteries of language disorders is so important.’

    Laurence B. Leonard - Purdue University

    ‘This is simply a great book. Buy it, read it and keep it on your shelf for dipping into.’

    Source: AFASIC News

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