Language acquisition Studies in first language development Language acquisition Studies in first language development Edited by PAUL FLETCHERand MICHAEL GARMAN /‘ Department oflinguistic Science, University ofReading 14 b- 1L ,Li‘dIf ”! Second edition /.72 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 1001 1-421 I. USA IO Stamford Road, Oakleigh. Melbourne 3 166, Australia 0 Cambridge University Press 1986 First published 1986 Reprinted 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997 Printed in Great Britain at the Athenaeum Press Ltd, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear British Libraty cataloguing in publication data Language acquisition: studies in first language development. - 2nd ed. 1. Children - Language 1. Fletcher, Paul 11. Garman. Michael 401'.9 LB1139.L3 Librap of Congress cataloguing in publication data Main entry under title: Language acquisition Bibliography: p Includec index. ----,-.- =*&-*a 111.. LGaanrgmuaang.e M aciqchuaiseilt.i on I. Fletcher, Paul J. 11, = , ,.e . ;yr n a_*1 - 9%. j L 'a i,: P118.L254 1986 401'9 85-15168 L ISBN 0 521 25974 6 hardback _- ISBN 0 521 27780 9 paperback I ~ L Digital Reprinting 1999 Printed in the United States of America i. ' BS For our parerits Contents Cont rib iiturs page ix PreJiic e XI Part 1. Contexts and determinants 1 Introduction 3 1. Psychosocial aspects of language acquisition Y hl(iy(i Hickrntrtiti 2. Language acquisition and cognition 30 Rohiti N. Criniphell 3. Language acquisition and linguistic theory 49 Heleri Gootllirck 4. Conversations with children 6Y Cntlieritie E. Sttow 5. Learnability YO hlurtiri A tkirisoti 6. Variation in child language 10Y C;or.tIori Wells Part 11. The development of liiiguistic systems: phonology 141 I n t rod u c t io n 1-13 7. Prespeech segmental feature development 14Y Rrichel E. Srark 8. Prosodic development 174 Dcil*idC ’rysttil Y. Early strategies for the perception and production of words and sounds 198 Ptriila hletiyiik, Lise Merirt nrid Rotitiir Silher 10. Phon o I ogi ca I dev e I opme n t : production 223 Dn ititi Irtgrtini vii viii CONTEN IS 11. Speech perception and the emergent lexicon: ;in ethological appro:ich 240 .lohri L. Lockc 12. Phonological development: ;I crodinguistic perspective 25 1 Miir1x.t A. Mtickiw Part Ill. The development of linguistic systems: grammar 26Y I n t rodu ct ion 27 I 13. Early vocabulary 279 Pritrick Griffitlis 11. Early syntax 307 Ariri iL1. I’etcrs 15. Assessing morphological development 326 8r.irc.r L. Divwitig trritl Willirirri J. Biiker. 16. Personal pronouns 33’) Sh1 11~1~t~lr1 c1‘ h itit 17. Tense and aspect 350 Hic/i(irAM . Weist 18. Modality 375 Urmltr stcplil~rl~~ 19. Deixis 40 I Roger Wti1c.s 20. A cross1i n gu ist ic pc r spcc t i v e : morpho Io gy and y n t a x 129 Rirth A. !lcri?roii Part IV. Later language development 44Y Introduction 45 I 21. Soine fundamental aspects of languagc development after age 5 155 Aiirieue Kiir.riiilo~~-Sr?iit/r 22. The development of reding: the acquisition of ;I cognitive skill 475 Pliilip T. Siriitli 23. Language acquisition tincl writing 491 K (I tli ti rir i e Perilr(i 5 19 5.35 603 Contributors M 4 K TIN A I K I N SON University of Essex Wll I IAM 1. HAKI R University of Alberta RUIH A. HEKhl,\N University of Tel-Aviv ROHIN N CAhlPULl I University of Stirling SHULAMUIH CHlAl City University, London DAVID CR'tSIAI University College of North Wales. Bangor BRC'Ct 1 DLK\4IN<, University of Alberta . HLl I-N GOOD1 CIC I< U n i ve rs i t y of W i scon si n M ad is0 n P,l I RICK GRltl I I H5 U n ive rsi t y of YoI k hlAiA HICKkl4NN Max-Plnnck Institut. Nijmegen DAVID INGKAM University of British Columbia ANNE1 I1 KAKhlll Ul-t -SMI I II Medical Research Council Child Develop- ment Unit. London JOHN 1.. LOCKE M ass;ic h use t t s Genera I H os pi t ;I I hlARI.YS A. hlACKEN Stanford University LISL MENN Boston University PAL1I.A MENYUK Boston University KA'IHARINE PEREKA University of Manchester ANN. hl. PE'I EKS University of Hawaii RONNIE SILHEK Boston University P H 1 I. I P '1'. S h.1 I I H University of Reading CATHERINE E. SNOW f-iarvard Graduate School of Education RACHEL. E. SIAKK The Johns Hopkins Hospital, E3 ;i I t 'I nio re U R S I I L A S T E I' H A N Y Cologne University ROGER WALES University of Melbourne RICHARD M. WElS I State University of New York at Fredonia GOKDON WELLS Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ix
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