{"product_id":"first-language-acquisition-method-description-and-explanation-paperback-9780521349161","title":"First Language Acquisition; Method, Description and Explanation (Paperback) 9780521349161","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFirst Language Acquisition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMethod, Description and Explanation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Ingram (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521349161, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 7 September 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e588 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.85 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\"Reading this book will thus deepen our overall understanding of language acquisition.\"   Harvard Educational Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis major textbook, setting new standards of clarity and comprehensiveness, will be welcomed by all serious students of first language acquisition. Written from a linguistic perspective, it provides detailed accounts of the development of children's receptive and productive abilities in all the core areas of language - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. With a critical acuity drawn from long experience, and without attempting to offer a survey of all the huge mass of child language literature, David Ingram directs students to the fundamental studies and sets these in broad perspective. Students are thereby introduced to the history of the field and the current state of our knowledge in respect of three main themes: method, description and explanation. Whilst the descriptive facts that are currently available on first language acquisition are central to the book, its emphasis on methodology and explanation gives it a particular distinction. The various ways in which research is conducted is discussed in detail, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches, leading to new perspectives on key theoretical issues. First Language Acquisition provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students alike with a cogent and closely analysed exposition of how children acquire language in real time. Equally importantly, readers will have acquired the fundamental knowledge and skill not only to interpret primary literature but also to approach their own research with sophistication.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 2. The history of child language studies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Stages of language acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 4. Explanation and language acquisition\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Milestones: 5. The period of prelinguistic development\u003cbr\u003e 6. The period of single-word utterances\u003cbr\u003e 7. The period of the first word combinations\u003cbr\u003e 8. The period of simple sentences: phonological and semantic acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 9. The period of simple sentences: acquisition of grammatical morphemes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Concluding remarks\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Author index\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language acquisition [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language acquisition\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language%20acquisition%20%5BCFDC%5D%22\"\u003eCFDC\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":46007114531096,"sku":"9780521349161","price":47.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521349161_419dbfe5-e22c-4a0b-9374-f816ea97d2c7.gif?v=1691375560","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/first-language-acquisition-method-description-and-explanation-paperback-9780521349161","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}