基本説明
Comprises seventeen papers presented at the Child Language Seminar, Bangor 1994, with expert contributions in areas as diverse as bilingual development, phonological disorders, sign language development, and the language of Down's syndrome children.
Full Description
This book comprises seventeen of the papers presented at the Child Language Seminar, University of Wales, Bangor 1994. The aim of the conference was to further understanding of all areas of children's language development and, accordingly, the discussions here are diverse while contributing to this goal. Professor Andrew Radford, University of Essex, was a guest speaker and his paper 'The Nature of Children's Initial Clauses' is in this collection. Other papers give an international perspective to current developments in child language research with contributions from British Columbia, Geneva, Italy and The Netherlands accompanying those from Britain. Papers fall into broad categories such as bilingualism, comprehension, computer modelling of language acquisition, exceptional language and literacy, language disorders, phonological development, syntactic development and sign language. The book will be of interest to anyone with experience in child language development. There is much to offer here for postgraduates and academics concerned with theoretical aspects of language acquisition, but equally, those working with practitioners such as child psychologists, paediatricians, speech therapists and teachers will also benefit from these discussions.
Contents
Child language development, S.Sibte Raza and K. Ahmad; Representation issues in child language corpora, K. Ahmad and J. Wright; Arbitrary and topographic space in sign language development , John Clibbens and Kenny Coventry; Do cross-sentential cues to phrase structure facilitate the acquisition of syntax?, Penny Fowler, John Clibbens and Stephen E Newstead; Preverbal communication in young Down's syndrome children's, Fabia Franco and Jenifer Wishart; Negative feedback in language address to hearing-impaired children, Clare Gallaway and Margaret Johnston; Negation in German, Cornelia Hamann; Verb complementation in language impaired school age children, Gabrielle King; Acquisition of negative polarity items, Charlotte Koster and Sjoukje ven der Wal; What factors predict a child's language in a bilingual environment?, Jean Lyon; The nature of children's attributions of speakers' pragmatic intentions, Kenneth Reeder; The effectiveness of therapy for child phonological disorder, Jennifer Reid, Morag L Donaldson, Janet Howell, Elizabeth C Dean and Robert Grieve; Functional category cueing, Milton Taylor; Language modularity and grammatical specific language impairment in children, Heather K J van der Lely; Talking about reading strategies with poor reader, Julie Wait; The acquisition of English by a Japanese-speaking child, Asako Yamada-Yamamoto.
