Introduction to Language Development

Sandra Levey

ISBN 10: 1635503779 / ISBN 13: 9781635503777

Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc, US, 2022

Beschreibung

Introduction to Language Development, Third Edition offers a highly accessible overview to the complexities of language development. The textbook is designed for use in language acquisition courses in undergraduate and graduate speech-language pathology programs to facilitate both teaching and learning. Complex terminology and theories are explained through definitions and examples to ensure that students are able to easily grasp the content. Within the third edition of this text, students are presented with language factors-syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology, and pragmatics-as well as the cognitive abilities that underlie language development. Multilingual and multicultural differences are explored throughout.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9781635503777

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Language Development
• Verlag: Plural Publishing Inc, US
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1635503779
• ISBN-13: 9781635503777
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 3. Auflage
• Zustand: New

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Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Language Development, Third Edition offers a highly accessible overview to the complexities of language development. The textbook is designed for use in language acquisition courses in undergraduate and graduate speech-language pathology programs to facilitate both teaching and learning. Complex terminology and theories are explained through definitions and examples to ensure that students are able to easily grasp the content. Within the third edition of this text, students are presented with language factors-syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology, and pragmatics-as well as the cognitive abilities that underlie language development. Multilingual and multicultural differences are explored throughout.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sandra Levey, PhD, is Professor Emerita at the City University of New York (CUNY), Lehman College. She received her PhD in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at the Graduate Center of CUNY and a degree in linguistics at Stanford University, with a minor in African studies. Dr. Levey has been designated by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Board of Child Language and Language Disorders as a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language. She has received research grants for study at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria and as a research consultant in Bratislava, Slovakia. Dr. Levey was the conference coordinator of the Seventeenth Annual Stanford Child Language Research Forum that focused on multilingual research. Her research and publications have focused on multilingualism and multiculturalism. She is a member of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).