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Language Development An Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0205525563

ISBN-13: 9780205525560

Edition: 7th 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Robert E. Owens, Robert E. Owens

List price: $138.00
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As in previous editions, Owens presents even the most complex, technical concepts at an appropriate level for beginning students.nbsp;Developed within a practical chronological framework, the Seventh Edition examines every aspect of syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics.nbsp; In recognition of the language variations among children, new advances in linguistics and neurology, and the importance of literacy, the Seventh Edition of this highly readable text devotes significant space to these areas as they impact our understanding of individual development. In addition, discussion of other cultures is included in the text wherever possible. Students of speech language…    
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Book details

List price: $138.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/12/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.75" wide x 10.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Owens is a professor and director of the graduate program in Speech-Language Pathology

All chapters begin with ""Chapter Objectives"" and conclude with ""Conclusion,"" ""Discussions,"" and ""Reflections
""Preface
The Territory
This Text and You
Speech, Language, and Communication
Properties of Language
Components of Language
Describing Language
Behavioral Theory
Psycholinguistic Theory: A Syntactic Model
Psycholinguistic Theory: A Semantic/Cognitive Model
Sociolinguistic Theory
Emergentism
Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
Central Nervous System
Language Processing
Theory of Mind
Cognitive, Perce