ID - 5563603 TI - Language acquisition : studies in first language development AU - Fletcher, Paul AU - Garman, Michael PY - 1986 SN - 0521259746 0521277809 0511620683 9780521277808 9780511620683 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - in infancy and childhood KW - Language Development. KW - Development, Language KW - Developments, Language KW - Language Developments KW - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, in infancy and childhood KW - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, in infancy and childhood. KW - Language development, in infancy and childhood. KW - Language acquisition KW - Language Development KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Acquisition KW - Language acquisition. KW - Langage KW - Language Acquisition KW - Acquisition, Language KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Language Development - in infancy and childhood UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5563603 AB - The aim of the first edition of Language Acquisition was to provide as comprehensive a description and explanation as possible of the changes in the child's language as he or she grows older. In this second edition Paul Fletcher and Michael Garman have the same fundamental aim. Six years later the field has not changed dramatically, but there have been fruitful theoretical developments - the learnability hypothesis, in particular, has been influentially expounded - and empirical work seeking evidence of specific language capacities in children has made notable advances. Equally significant are shifts in emphasis: the growing interest in cross-linguistic studies, for example, or accounts of language development of reading and writing. All these changes are reflected in the second edition. About half the chapters are entirely new, having been specially commissioned for this edition. The remainder of the book consists of substantially revised versions of chapters from the first edition. Like its predecessor, this collection is the work of distinguished specialists from many countries and will provide an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike who have an interest in the field of child language acquisition. ER -