Phonological Development: The Origins of Language in the Child - Couverture rigide

Vihman, Marilyn May

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0631163530 ISBN 13 : 9780631163534

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1995

Synopsis

This survey and introduction to the study of the child's acquisition of phonology contrasts data-based interactionist, cognitive models of phonological development with earlier deductive behaviourist and structuralist accounts. Setting these models in current neurophysiological perspectives, it integrates the flourishing independent research areas of infant speech perception and vocal production. The book traces the nature and timing of prosodic and segmental development with due attention to evidence of individual differences and from cross-linguistic studies. It describes the emergence of first words and the first phonological system against the background of the child's social and cognitive development in the first 18 months. Reviewing current studies of later development, the book discusses the role of vocabulary growth in the emergence of the segment, the early relationship of phonology and syntax, and the emergence of reading and spelling in relation to phonological sensitivity.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"This rich and lucid book integrates research language drawing on published (and unpublished) resources of contemporary breadth as well as time depth. The open–minded, data grounded view of phonological development taken here places it in a setting of infants′ affective, communicative and perceptual development. The history of the field is clearly presented, with an enormous wealth of experimental, observational, and theoretical references as well as appendices of supporting data. No sophistication in the knowledge of phonetics or phonology is presupposed." Lise Menn, University of Colorado

"Her book is like the insider′s guide to a strange but inviting place. Throughout this journey, Vihman is an able guide, accurate reporter, insightful interpreter, and imaginative synthesizer. Her even–handed perspective brings competing theories into clear relief, and shows how various sources of data stand in respect to each other. Vihman transcends disciplinary boundaries and shows how various specialities converge in the contemporary study of developmental phonology." Ray Kent, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Quatrième de couverture

This is the first book length survey of and introduction to the study of the child′s acquisition of phonology.

It contrasts data–based interactionist, cognitive models of phonological development with earlier deductive behaviorist and structuralist accounts. Setting these models in current neurophysiological perspectives, it integrates the flourishing independent research areas of infant speech perception and vocal production. The book traces the nature and timing of prosodic and segmental development with due attention to evidence of individual differences and from cross–linguistic studies. It describes the emergence of first words and the first phonological system against the background of the child′s social and cognitive development in the first 18 months. Reviewing current studies of later development, the book discusses the role of vocabulary growth in the emergence of the segment, the early relationship of phonology and syntax, and the emergence of reading and spelling in relation to phonological sensitivity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0631163530
• ISBN 13: 9780631163534
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible