Barbara C. Lust / Claire Foley (eds.)

First Language Acquisition

The Essential Readings
Herausgeber: Lust, Barbara; Foley, Claire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Language Acquisition: The Essential Readings is a collection of classic works that provide the foundation for current research in the field of first language acquisition. These selections not only provide a historical perspective; their insights continue to be central to the endeavor of understanding children's acquisition of language. Chiefly linguistic in emphasis and approach, these pioneering classics are selected and organized to provide a framework for understanding current work in each of the basic areas of language acquisition: morphology, phonology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Authors include such luminaries as Noam Chomsky, Jean Piaget, Eric Lenneberg, and Roman Jakobson, as well as others who contributed groundbreaking discoveries, insights, concepts, and methods to the field. First Language Acquisition is a vital resource for students and scholars of language acquisition, cognitive development, and cognitive science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 177mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 948g
• ISBN-13: 9780631232544
• ISBN-10: 0631232540
• Artikelnr.: 21708777

Autorenporträt

Barbara C. Lust is Professor in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University. She is one of the foremost researchers in first language acquisition and the author of numerous books and articles, including The Growth of Language. Claire Foley is Visiting Scientist in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has published numerous papers on theoretical and empirical aspects of language acquisition.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Barbara C. Lust (Cornell University) and Claire Foley
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Part I: Theory of Language Acquisition:.
1. Selections from Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use: Noam
Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
2. A Review of B.F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior: Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts
Institute of Technology).
3. Selections from The Psychology of the Child: Jean Piaget and Bärbel
Inhelder.
4. Language and Learning: The Debate between Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky:
Massimo Piattelii-Palmarini (editor).
5. Selections from Comparative Linguistics and Language Acquisition:
Hermine Sinclair (late of University of Geneva).
Part II: The Nature-Nurture Controversies:.
Nature: Biology.
6. Selections from The Biological Foundations of Language: Eric H.
Lenneberg (late of Harvard University).
7. Language and the Brain: Norman Geschwind.
8. Selections from The Bisected Brain: Michael S. Gazzaniga (Dartmouth
College).
9. The Linguistic Development of Genie: Susan Curtiss (UCLA), Victoria
Fromkin (late of UCLA), Stephen Krashen (USC), David Rigler, & Marilyn
Rigler.
Nurture: Role of the Input.
10. Derivational Theory and Order of Acquisition in Child Speech: Roger
Brown (late of Harvard University) and Camille Hanlon (Connecticut
College).
11. Talking to Children: A Search for Universals: Charles A. Ferguson (late
of Stanford University).
12. Learning by Instinct: James L. Gould (Princeton University) & Peter
Marler (University of California, Davis).
Mechanisms of Development.
13. Selections from Language and Experience: Evidence from the Blind Child:
Barbara Landau (Johns Hopkins University) & Lila R. Gleitman (University of
Pennsylvania).
14. Selections from Language Learnability and Language Development: Steven
Pinker (Harvard University).
15. Selections from Learnability and Cognition: Steven Pinker (Harvard
University).
16. Selection from Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development: H.
Sinclair-deZwart (late of University of Geneva).
17. Selections from Cognitive Prerequisites for the Development of Grammar:
Dan I. Slobin (University of California, Berkeley).
Part III: Areas of Language Knowledge:.
Morphology.
18. The Child's Learning of English Morphology: Jean Berko (Gleason)
(Boston University).
19. Selections from A First Language: Roger Brown (late of Harvard
University).
Phonology.
Speech Perception.
20. Speech Perception in Infants: Peter D. Eimas (Brown University), Einar
R. Siqueland (Brown University), Peter Jusczyk (late of Johns Hopkins
University), and James Vigorito.
Speech Production.
21. The sound laws of child language and their place in general phonology:
Roman Jakobson (late of MIT).
22. Universal Tendencies in the Child's Acquisition of Phonology: N.V.
Smith (University College London).
23. The acquisition of phonemic representation: David Stampe (University of
Hawai'i, Manoa).
Syntax.
24. Selections from The Problem of Serial Order in Behavior: K.S. Lashley
(late of Harvard University).
25. The Study of Adam, Eve, and Sarah: Roger Brown (late of Harvard
University).
26. Syntactic Regularities in the Speech of Children: E.S. Klima
(University of California, San Diego) and Ursula Bellugi (Salk Institute
for Biological Studies).
27. The Reduction Transformation and Constraints on Sentence Length: Lois
Bloom (Columbia University).
Semantics and Pragmatics.
28. The young word maker: A case study of innovation in the child's
lexicon: Eve V. Clark (Stanford University).
29. Strategies for Communicating: Eve V. Clark (Stanford University).
Index

Rezensionen

"This volume is undoubtedly an outstanding compilation of classicpapers on first language acquisition." The LinguistList

"An excellent selection of the classic readings in the scienceof language development, one that I have dearly missed until now.It is a perfect set of background readings for students andresearchers interested in the intellectual roots of the field."Steven Pinker, Harvard University, and author of TheLanguage Instinct and Words and Rules: The Ingredients ofLanguage

"A well-chosen treasure-house of key readings. They provide asuperb grounding for anyone studying child language." JeanAitchison, University of Oxford

"This reader is a great addition to the field, bringing togethersome of the classic literature that has stimulated debate on thenature of language acquisition for years. Its depth and breadth, inboth philosophical and linguistic approaches to the problem, ensurethat this volume will soon be a classic itself." KatherineDemuth, Brown University

"An excellent collection of classic works, highlightingcontributions taking a linguistic approach to the subject oflanguage acquisition." Diane Lillo-Martin, University ofConnecticut