The Communicative Competence of Young Children: A Modular Approach

by Susan Foster-Cohen

Overview

How children first acquire language is one of the central issues in linguistics. This book draws on a wide range of research, including work in developmental psychology, anthropology and sociology, to explore the processes behind child language acquisition to the preschool period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138835689
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/27/2015
Series:	Studies in Language and Linguistics
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Authored by Foster-Cohen, Susan

Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Background Concepts. 2. Foundations of early communication. 3. Prelinguistic communicative competence and the early lexicon. 4. Communicating with language. 5. Explaining the development of communicative competence. 6. Studying child language. Further reading. Bibliography. Index.