How Children Learn Language
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How Children Learn Language by William O'grady
Adults tend to take language for granted - until they have to learn a new one. Then they realize how difficult it is to get the pronunciation right, to acquire the meaning of thousands of new words, and to learn how those words are put together to form sentences. Children, however, have mastered language before they can tie their shoes. In this engaging and accessible book, William O'Grady explains how this happens, discussing how children learn to produce and distinguish among sounds, their acquisition of words and meanings, and their mastery of the rules for building sentences. How Children Learn Language provides readers with a highly readable overview not only of the language acquisition process itself, but also of the ingenious experiments and techniques that researchers use to investigate his mysterious phenomenon. It will be of great interest to anyone - parent or student - wishing to find out how children acquire language.
'The engaging style of the book, and its accessibility combined with its scientific rigour make this volume ideal for a lay audience and for introductory undergraduate courses to language acquisition' The Journal of Child Language
William O'Grady is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii.
SKU | GOR002097305 |
ISBN 13 | 9780521531924 |
ISBN 10 | 0521531926 |
Title | How Children Learn Language |
Author | William O'grady |
Series | Cambridge Approaches To Linguistics |
Condition | very good |
Binding type | Paperback |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Year published | 2005-01-06 |
Number of pages | 246 |
Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
Note | This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us |