{"product_id":"child-language-acquisition-contrasting-theoretical-approaches-hardback-9780521768047","title":"Child Language Acquisition; Contrasting Theoretical Approaches (Hardback) 9780521768047","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChild Language Acquisition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContrasting Theoretical Approaches\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn evidence-based review of the central issues in language acquisition research.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBen Ambridge (Author), Elena V. M. Lieven (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521768047, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 March 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e466 pages, 44 b\/w illus.  12 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'An ambitious, comprehensive and remarkably up-to-date adventure in adjudicating between nativist and constructivist approaches to human language acquisition. There's still room left for disagreement, especially on matters of interpretation, but graduate students and newcomers to the field of language acquisition who want to know the lay of the land would do well to start here.' Gary Marcus, New York University and author of The Birth of the Mind and Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIs children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches: generativist and constructivist. For each debate, the predictions of the competing accounts are closely and even-handedly evaluated against the empirical data. The result is an evidence-based review of the central issues in language acquisition research that will constitute a valuable resource for students, teachers, course-builders and researchers alike.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Speech perception, segmentation and production\u003cbr\u003e 3. Learning word meaning\u003cbr\u003e 4. Theoretical approaches to grammar acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Inflection\u003cbr\u003e 6. Simple syntax\u003cbr\u003e 7. Movement and complex syntax\u003cbr\u003e 8. Binding, quantification and control\u003cbr\u003e 9. Related debates and conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Child \u0026amp; developmental psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Child \u0026amp; developmental psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Child%20\u0026amp;%20developmental%20psychology%20%5BJMC%5D%22\"\u003eJMC\u003c\/a\u003e], Psycholinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psycholinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psycholinguistics%20%5BCFD%5D%22\"\u003eCFD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265040634136,"sku":"9780521768047","price":80.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521768047i.jpg?v=1692019057","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/child-language-acquisition-contrasting-theoretical-approaches-hardback-9780521768047","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}