Language Development: An Introduction - Couverture rigide

Owens, Robert E.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0023901918 ISBN 13 : 9780023901911

Editeur : Macmillan USA, 1996

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Book by Owens Robert E

A propos du livre

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As the most widely used text for introductory language development courses across the country, this comprehensive text allows students to understand every aspect of the discipline from a developmental perspective. Structured practically and chronologically, this text presents information in a highly readable manner for students. From language variations among children, new advances in linguistics and neurology, to the importance of literacy, the revised edition of Language Development: An Introduction includes expanded information regarding language development theories, bilingual and dialectical issues, and a unique emphasis on the constructionist perspective.

 

The eighth edition of this textalso includes a companion website that gives students a wealth of new tools for learning. The companion website includes interactive activities, sample test questions, links to helpful online resources, and extensive audio language samples of child language. The companion website can be found at:

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/owens8e/.

 

 

New to this edition:

 

• Chapter 2 “Describing Language” is completely revised, presenting a more contemporary theoretical perspective.
• An updated companion website provides students with an online learning aid that reinforces the concepts covered in the text, links to helpful resources, and offers sample test questions.
• Extensive pedagogical aids including chapter objectives, conclusions, discussion questions, and main point features help students learn concepts, retain information, and think critically about what they have read.
• Bilingual and dialectal development is now discussed throughout the text rather than in a separate stand-alone chapter to emphasize the pertinence of bilingualism in the United States.
• Important background information has been added to Appendices to help condense the chapters, increase readability, and highlight important information.
• Research has been updated throughout the text so that the text reflects the most current research in the field

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Language Development: An Introduction, 7/e

Robert E. Owens, Jr.

 

 

“What I really like about the Owens text is that he goes into enough detail to make it a ‘meaty’ text for the serious student.”

—Margery Whites, St. Cloud State University

 

 

“The Owens Language Development text provides students with a wealth of current information.”

— Barbara Weitzner-Lin, State University College of Buffalo

 

 

Now in its seventh edition, this best-selling text addresses language variations among children, new advances in linguistics and neurology, and the importance of literacy, as well the impact of these issues on our understanding of individual development. In addition, this clearly written and comprehensive text features sections on culturally and linguistically diverse children to reflect the realities of schools in the United States. Developed within a practical framework, Language Development: An Introduction examines every aspect of syntax, morphology, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics.

 

 

New features to this edition include:

• A new chapter (Ch. 11) on School-Age Literacy Development.
• Updates to the chapter on Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech (Ch. 4) that include the latest in brain imaging information to convey links between anatomy, physiology, cognition, and language, as well as the roles these links play in the development of language abnormalities.
• New two color format design and larger trim for better readability.
• Updated Companion Website that now includes extensive audio examples of child language as well as new study guide content for student review.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan USA
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0023901918
• ISBN 13: 9780023901911
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 576