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Publication details [#2446]

Cruttenden, A. 1979. Language in infancy and childhood: A linguistic introduction to language acquisition. Manchester UP. 193 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
adult-child conversation | behaviorism | discourse, L1-acquisition of | first language acquisition | innateness hypothesis | register, L1-acquisition of | social class | sound, L1-acquisition of | syntax1, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

General introductory textbook including chapters on the development of phonology, grammar (also covering discourse, conversation, register, and interaction with parents), lexis. Various theories are discussed and compared (i.e. behaviorist innatist, cognitive, and sociological theories). The influence of social class is studied.

Articles in this volume

Perera, Katharine. Reading and writing. 130–160

Reviewed by

Durkin, Kevin. 1981. Review of $Language in infancy and childhood: A linguistic introduction to language acquisition.