Discovery of Spoken Language

Name: Discovery of Spoken Language
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ISBN: 9780262600361

ISBN-10: 0262600366

ISBN-13: 9780262600361

Edition: 2000 (Reprint)

Authors: Peter W. Jusczyk

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The Discovery of Spoken Language marks one of the first efforts to integrate the field of infant speech perception research into the general study of language acquisition. It fills in a key part of the acquisition story by providing an extensive review of research on the acquisition of language during the first year of life, focusing primarily on how normally developing infants learn the organization of native language sound patterns. Peter Jusczyk examines the initial capacities that infants possess for discriminating and categorizing speech sounds and how these capacities evolve as infants gain experience with native language input. Jusczyk also looks at how infants' growing knowledge of…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Surveying the Terrain



A Brief Historical Perspective on Language Acquisition Research



Early Research on Speech Perception



How Speech Perception Develops during the First Year



The Role of Memory and Attentional Processes in the Development of Speech Perception



How Attention to Sound Properties May Facilitate Learning Other Elements of Linguistic Organization



Relating Perception to Production



Wrapping Things Up


Appendix Methodology Used in Studies of Infant Speech Perception


Notes


References


Name Index


Subject Index