Language Development: An Introduction

Thisbest-sellingandcomprehensivetextonlanguagedevelopmentisrichininformation,research,examplesandactivities.. Athoroughandreadableintroductorytextonlanguagedevelopment,thisbookcoversallaspectsofthecomplexsubject— includingsyntax,morphology,semantics,phonology,andpragmatics— whileexplainingeachideaandconceptinawaythatiseasilyunderstandablebyevenbeginningstudentsofthefield.Richinpedagogicalaidslikediscussionquestions,chapterobjectives,reflections,andmainpointboxedfeatures,theeightheditionofLanguageDevelopmentalsoemphasizesculturallyandlinguisticallydiversechildrenandbilingualanddialecticaldevelopmentalinformation—adiscussionthataccuratelyreflectsthediversityoflifeandlanguageintheUnitedStates.