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020    9781316507605 (Paperback) 
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050 00 P118 |b.C547 2016 
100 1  Clark, Eve V 
245 10 First language acquisition / |cEve V. Clark. 
250    Third edition 
260    Cambridge, United Kingdom : |bCambridge University Press, 
       |c2016 
300    xiii, 575 pages : |billustrations ; |c25 cm. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-543) and 
       index. 
505    Machine generated contents note: 1. Acquiring language; 
       Part I. Getting Started: 2. In conversation with children;
       3. Starting on language: Perception; 4. Early words; 5. 
       Sounds in words: Production; 6. Words and meanings; Part 
       II. Constructions and meanings: 7. First combinations, 
       first constructions; 8. Modulating word meanings; 9. 
       Adding complexity within clauses; 10. Combining clauses: 
       more complex constructions; 11. Constructing words; Part 
       III. Using Language: 12. Honing conversational skills; 13.
       Doing things with language; 14. Two languages at a time; 
       Part IV. Process in Acquisition: 15. Specialization for 
       language; 16. Acquisition and change. 
520    "How do young children learn language? When does this 
       process start? What does language acquisition involve? 
       Children are exposed to language from birth, surrounded by
       knowledgeable speakers who offer feedback and provide 
       extensive practice every day. Through conversation and 
       joint activities, children master the language being used 
       around them. This fully revised third edition of Eve V. 
       Clark's bestselling textbook offers comprehensive coverage
       of language acquisition, from a baby's first sounds to a 
       child's increasing skill in negotiating, explaining and 
       entertaining with language. This book, drawing together 
       the most recent findings in the field, and illustrated 
       with examples from a wide range of experimental and 
       observational studies, including the author's own diary 
       observations, presents an essential and comprehensive 
       guide to first language acquisition. It will be 
       fascinating reading for students of linguistics, 
       developmental psychology, and cognitive science" 
650 0  Language acquisition