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  • The Nature of Vocabulary Acquisition

    Edited by M. G. McKeown, M. E. Curtis ...
    First published in 1987. The purpose of this volume has been to move beyond a collection of the most recent studies in the area of vocabulary learning. The contributors, and researchers who, although they may differ in their views on vocabulary acquisition and instruction, acknowledge that many of the same questions motivate their work. These questions and the way they have addressed have been ... Read more

    $107.17 CAD

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  • The New Psychology of Language

    Cognitive and Functional Approaches To Language Structure, Volume II

    Edited by Michael Tomasello ...
    From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use. The newly emerging approaches to language termed, "Functional and Cognitive Linguistics," however, are much less formally oriented. Instead, functional and cognitive approaches to language structure are typically couched in terms already familiar to cognitive ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Linguistic Multi-Competence

    Edited by Vivian Cook, Li Wei ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    How are two or more languages learned and contained in the same mind or the same community? This handbook presents an up-to-date view of the concept of multi-competence, exploring the research questions it has generated and the methods that have been used to investigate it. The book brings together psychologists, sociolinguists, Second Language Acquisition (SLA) researchers, and language teachers ... Read more

    $185.99 CAD

  • Reading Chinese Script

    A Cognitive Analysis

    Edited by Jian Wang, Hsuan-Chih Chen, Ralph Radach, Albrecht Inhoff ...
    This volume uses unique properties of Chinese script to focus on morphological analyses during the character and word recognition process, though some of the reported work also pertains to the use of phonological information. In addition, this volume contains work on syntactic and pragmatic processes during sentence reading and three chapters that examine on-line processes. A comprehensive ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Assessment of Language Disorders in Children

    by Rebecca J. McCauley ...
    This book constitutes a clear, comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the basic principles of psychological and educational assessment that underlie effective clinical decisions about childhood language disorders. Rebecca McCauley describes specific commonly used tools, as well as general approaches ranging from traditional standardized norm-referenced testing to more recent ones, such as ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Language Competence Across Populations

    Toward a Definition of Specific Language Impairment

    Edited by Yonata Levy, Jeannette C. Schaeffer ...
    This unique, edited book bridges studies in language disorders and linguistic theory with timely contributions from leading scholars in language development. It presents an attempt to define Specific Language Impairment, relating it to children of normal and disordered language capabilities.The chapter presentations examine language development across a variety of populations of children, from ... Read more

    $114.04 CAD

  • Classification of Developmental Language Disorders

    Theoretical Issues and Clinical Implications

    Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Hans van Balkom ...
    Chapters written by leading authorities offer current perspectives on the origins and development of language disorders. They address the question: How can the child's linguistic environment be restructured so that children at risk can develop important adaptive skills in the domains of self-care, social interaction, and problem solving? This theory-based, but practical book emphasizes the ... Read more

    $138.99 CAD

  • Nonverbal Perceptual and Cognitive Processes in Children With Language Disorders

    Toward A New Framework for Clinical intervention

    by Walter Bischofberger, F‚licie Affolter, F‚licie Affolter ...
    A growing body of literature is suggesting that many children with language disorders and delays--even those with so-called specific language impairment--have difficulties in other domains as well. In this pathbreaking book, the authors draw on more than 40 years of research and clinical observations of populations ranging from various groups of children to adults with brain damage to construct a ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Literacy and Language Analysis

    Edited by Robert J. Scholes ...
    This volume investigates the interconnections between language and literacy in terms of the structures of language as well as the linguistic contexts of literacy. The work for this book was generated in order to focus on studies of the acquisition and impact of literacy on traditional assertions of linguistic analysts. The contributors show that claims regarding descriptions of the linguistic ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Perspectives on Sentence Processing

    Edited by Charles Clifton, Jr., Lyn Frazier, Keith Rayner, Charles Clifton ...
    One of the liveliest forums for sharing psychological, linguistic, philosophical, and computer science perspectives on psycholinguistics has been the annual meeting of the CUNY Sentence Processing Conference. Documenting the state of the art in several important approaches to sentence processing, this volume consists of selected papers that had been presented at the Sixth CUNY Conference. The ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • Narrative Thought and Narrative Language

    Edited by Bruce K. Britton, Anthony D. Pellegrini ...
    Series series Cog Studies Grp of the Inst for Behavioral Research at UGA
    Since before the dawn of history, people have been telling stories to each other and to themselves. Thus stories are at the root of human experience. This volume describes empirical investigations by Jerome Bruner, Wallace Chafe, David Olson, and others on the relationship between stories and cognition. Using philosophical, linguistic, anthropological, and psychological perspectives on narrative, ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • Beyond Names for Things

    Young Children's Acquisition of Verbs

    Edited by Michael Tomasello, William E. Merriman ...
    Most research on children's lexical development has focused on their acquisition of names for concrete objects. This is the first edited volume to focus specifically on how children acquire their early verbs. Verbs are an especially important part of the early lexicon because of the role they play in children's emerging grammatical competence. The contributors to this book investigate:* children's ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD