内容简介
Thisisacomprehensiveandaccessibleguidetothemethodsresearchersusetostudychildlanguage,writtenbyexperiencedscholarsinthestudyoflanguagedevelopment.Presentsacomprehensivesurveyoflaboratoryandnaturalistictechniquesusedinthestudyofdifferentdomainsoflanguage,ageranges,andpopulations,andexplainsthequestionsaddressedbyeachtechniquePresentsnewresearchmethods,suchastheuseoffunctionalNearInfraredSpectroscopy(fNIRS)tostudytheactivityofthebrainExpandsonmoretraditionalresearchmethodssuchascollection,transcription,andcodingofspeechsamplesthathavebeentransformedbynewhardwareandsoftware