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Pearson The Development of Language International Edition 2012 Edition by Jean Berko Gleason, Nan Bernstein Ratner
Combining the contributions of experts and highly-respected researchers, the eighth edition of Language Development offers a definitive exploration of language acquisition and development from infancy through adulthood. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, it examines what we know about language development-addressing communication development in infancy, phonological development, semantic development, morphology and syntax. Broadening the scope of study, it puts language development into larger biological, social and cultural contexts, while investigating individual differences, atypical development, literacy and even language development in adults. This edition includes more on cross-linguistic language acquisition (emphasizing Spanish), new research on the nature and treatment of language disorders in children, and new perspectives on the impact of culture on language development and variation. Table of contents :- 1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE: AN OVERVIEW AND A PREVIEWJean Berko Gleason, Boston University2. COMMUNICATION DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCYRochelle Newman, University of MarylandJacqueline Sachs, University of Connecticut3. PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING SOUNDS AND SOUND PATTERNSCarol Stoel-Gammon, University of WashingtonLise Menn, University of Colorado4. SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING THE MEANINGS OF WORDSPaola Uccelli, Harvard Graduate School of EducationBarbara Alexander Pan, Harvard Graduate School of Education5. PUTTING WORDS TOGETHER: MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX IN THE PRESCHOOL YEARSHelen Tager-Flusberg, Boston UniversityAndrea Zukowski, University of Maryland6. LANGUAGE IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS: DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCEJudith Becker Bryant, University of South Florida7. THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONJohn N. Bohannon III, Butler UniversityJohn D. Bonvillian, University of Virginia8. VARIATION IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND THEORYBeverly A. Goldfield, Rhode Island CollegeCatherine E. Snow, Harvard Graduate School of EducationIngrid A Willenberg, Macquarie University9. ATYPICAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENTNan Bernstein Ratner, University of Maryland, College Park10. LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN THE SCHOOL YEARSGigliana Melzi, New York UniversityAdina R. Schick, New York University11. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ADULT YEARSLoraine K. Obler, City University of New York Graduate Center