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Language Development

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ISBN-10: 0495501719

ISBN-13: 9780495501718

Edition: 4th 2009

Authors: Erika Hoff

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Erika Hoff's LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, 4th Edition communicates both the content and the excitement of this quickly evolving field. By presenting a balanced treatment that examines all sides of the issues, Hoff helps readers understand different theoretical points of view -- and the research processes that have lead theorists to their findings. After an overview and history of the field, Hoff thoroughly covers the biological bases of language development and the core topics of phonological, lexical, and syntactic development. She also provides in-depth discussions of the communicative foundations of language, the development of communicative competence, language development in special…    
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Book details

List price: $293.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/14/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Erika Hoff is Professor of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University. She is author of Language Development (2005).Marilyn Shatz is Professor of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan. She is author of A Toddler's Life (1994).

Introduction to the Study of Language Development
Biological Bases of Language Development
Communicative Development: Foundations and Functions of Language
Phonological Development: Learning the Sounds of Language
Lexical Development: Learning Words
The Development of Syntax and Morphology: Learning the Structure of Language
Language, Culture, and Cognition in Development
Childhood Bilingualism
Language in the School Years
Language Development in Special Populations