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  • Relating Events in Narrative

    A Crosslinguistic Developmental Study

    Edited by Ruth A. Berman, Dan Isaac Slobin ...
    This volume represents the culmination of an extensive research project that studied the development of linguistic form/function relations in narrative discourse. It is unique in the extent of data which it analyzes--more than 250 texts from children and adults speaking five different languages--and in its crosslinguistic, typological focus. It is the first book to address the issue of how the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • The New Psychology of Language

    Cognitive and Functional Approaches To Language Structure, Volume II

    Edited by Michael Tomasello ...
    From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use. The newly emerging approaches to language termed, "Functional and Cognitive Linguistics," however, are much less formally oriented. Instead, functional and cognitive approaches to language structure are typically couched in terms already familiar to cognitive ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Classification of Developmental Language Disorders

    Theoretical Issues and Clinical Implications

    Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Hans van Balkom ...
    Chapters written by leading authorities offer current perspectives on the origins and development of language disorders. They address the question: How can the child's linguistic environment be restructured so that children at risk can develop important adaptive skills in the domains of self-care, social interaction, and problem solving? This theory-based, but practical book emphasizes the ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • The Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Communication

    by Vesna Mildner ...
    This is a book about speech and language. It is primarily intended for those interested in speech and its neurophysiological bases: phoneticians, linguists, educators, speech therapists, psychologists, and neuroscientists. Although speech and language are its central topic, it provides information about related topics as well (e.g. structure and functioning of the central nervous system, research ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence

    Edited by Vivian Cook, Li Wei ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    How are two or more languages learned and contained in the same mind or the same community? This handbook presents an up-to-date view of the concept of multi-competence, exploring the research questions it has generated and the methods that have been used to investigate it. The book brings together psychologists, sociolinguists, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers, and language teachers ... Read more

    $165.99 USD

  • Reading Chinese Script

    A Cognitive Analysis

    Edited by Jian Wang, Hsuan-Chih Chen, Ralph Radach, Albrecht Inhoff ...
    This volume uses unique properties of Chinese script to focus on morphological analyses during the character and word recognition process, though some of the reported work also pertains to the use of phonological information. In addition, this volume contains work on syntactic and pragmatic processes during sentence reading and three chapters that examine on-line processes. A comprehensive ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Language Competence Across Populations

    Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment

    Edited by Yonata Levy, Jeannette C. Schaeffer ...
    This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment, relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities.The chapter presentations examine language development across a variety of populations of children, from ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Nonverbal Perceptual and Cognitive Processes in Children With Language Disorders

    Toward A New Framework for Clinical intervention

    by Walter Bischofberger, F‚licie Affolter, F‚licie Affolter ...
    A growing body of literature is suggesting that many children with language disorders and delays--even those with so-called specific language impairment--have difficulties in other domains as well. In this pathbreaking book, the authors draw on more than 40 years of research and clinical observations of populations ranging from various groups of children to adults with brain damage to construct a ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Perspectives on Sentence Processing

    Edited by Charles Clifton, Jr., Lyn Frazier, Keith Rayner, Charles Clifton ...
    One of the liveliest forums for sharing psychological, linguistic, philosophical, and computer science perspectives on psycholinguistics has been the annual meeting of the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference. Documenting the state of the art in several important approaches to sentence processing, this volume consists of selected papers that had been presented at the Sixth CUNY Conference. The ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Theoretical Issues in Language Acquisition

    Continuity and Change in Development

    Edited by Juergen Weissenborn, Helen Goodluck, Thomas Roeper ...
    In recent linguistic theory, there has been an explosion of detailed studies of language variation. This volume applies such recent analyses to the study of child language, developing new approaches to change and variation in child grammars and revealing both early knowledge in several areas of grammar and a period of extended development in others. Topics dealt with include question formation, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Narrative Thought and Narrative Language

    Edited by Bruce K. Britton, Anthony D. Pellegrini ...
    Series series Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA
    Since before the dawn of history, people have been telling stories to each other and to themselves. Thus stories are at the root of human experience. This volume describes empirical investigations by Jerome Bruner, Wallace Chafe, David Olson, and others on the relationship between stories and cognition. Using philosophical, linguistic, anthropological, and psychological perspectives on narrative, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Beyond Names for Things

    Young Children's Acquisition of Verbs

    Edited by Michael Tomasello, William E. Merriman ...
    Most research on children's lexical development has focused on their acquisition of names for concrete objects. This is the first edited volume to focus specifically on how children acquire their early verbs. Verbs are an especially important part of the early lexicon because of the role they play in children's emerging grammatical competence. The contributors to this book investigate:* children's ... Read more

    $84.99 USD