Foundations of Language Development. A Multidisciplinary Approach

✍ Scribed by Eric Heinz Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg

• Publisher: Elsevier Inc, Academic Press Inc
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 349
• Series: Unesco Symposium
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Published in 1975. This volume and it's companion seek to bring then current viewpoints to the fore and to give an idea of the latest thinking in various areas. It is not an attempt to survey fields, and was not to be used by the contributing authors as a forum to argue any particular case. The book provides many a summary statement on the most recent, important discoveries and issues in the area of language development. Thus it is clear that these two volumes will be useful particularly to those who are faced with practical decisions concerning language, including national language policy, language in the classroom, and language rehabilitation. 1. Language. Macdonald Critchley 2. The Concept of Language Differentiation. Eric H. Lenneberg 3. Problems in Linguistic THeory Giulio C. Lepschy 4. The Heuristic Principle in the Perception, Emergence, and Assimilation of Speech. A.A. Leontiev 5. A zoologist's View of SOme Language Phenomena with Particular Emphasis on Vocal Learning Fernando Nottebohm 6. Brain Development in Relation to Language. 7. Myelognetic Correlates of the Development of Speech and Language Andre Roch Lecours 8. The Ontogeny of Cerebral Dominance in Man O.L. Zangwill 9. Theories of Phonological Development Charles A. Ferguson Olga K. Garnica 10. Phonemicization and Symbolization in Language Development Sei Nakazima 11. Early Semantic Development in Child Language 12. Grammatical Development 13. The Role of Cognitive Structures in Language Acquisition 14. Learning How to Mean. 15. Cross-Linguistic Similarities at Two Stages of Syntactic Development 16. On the Nature of Talk to Children 17. The early Development of the Mother Tongue 18. Cognitive Processes and Language Ability in the Severely Retarded 19. Some Aspects of Language in Various Forms of Senile Dementia (Comparisons with Language in Childhood)

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Eric H. Lenneberg, Pages v-vi, Eric R. Brown
List of Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Foreword, Pages xv-xvi
Preface, Page xvii, Eric, Elizabeth Lenneberg
Contents of Volume 2, Pages xix-xxi
Introduction to Preliminaries, Page 1
1 - Language, Pages 3-16, Macdonald Critchley
2 - The Concept of Language Differentiation, Pages 17-33, Eric H. Lenneberg
3 - Some Problems in Linguistic Theory, Pages 35-42, Giulio C. Lepschy
4 - The Heuristic Principle in the Perception, Emergence, and Assimilation of Speech, Pages 43-58, A.A. Leontiev
Introduction to Natural History, Page 59
5 - A Zoologist's View of Some Language Phenomena with Particular Emphasis on Vocal Learning, Pages 61-103, Fernando Nottebohm
6 - Brain Development in Relation to Language, Pages 105-119, Marcus Jacobson
7 - Myelogenetic Correlates of the Development of Speech and Language, Pages 121-135, André Roch Lecours
8 - The Ontogeny of Cerebral Dominance in Man, Pages 137-147, O.L. Zangwill
Introduction to Ontogeny, Pages 149-151
9 - Theories of Phonological Development, Pages 153-180, Charles A. Ferguson, Olga K. Garnica
10 - Phonemicization and Symbolization in Language Development, Pages 181-187, Sei Nakazima
11 - Early Semantic Development in Child Language, Pages 189-201, Francesco Antinucci, Domenico Parisi
12 - Grammatical Development—The First Steps, Pages 203-222, I.M. Schlesinger
13 - The Role of Cognitive Structures in Language Acquisition, Pages 223-238, H. Sinclair
14 - Learning How to Mean, Pages 239-265, M.A.K. Halliday
15 - Cross-Linguistic Similarities at Two Stages of Syntactic Development, Pages 267-282, Melissa F. Bowerman
16 - On the Nature of Talk to Children, Pages 283-297, Dan I. Slobin
17 - The Early Development of The Mother Tongue, Pages 299-309, Courtney B. Cazden, Roger Brown
18 - Cognitive Processes and Language Ability in the Severely Retarded, Pages 311-322, Neil O'Connor
19 - Some Aspects of Language in Various Forms of Senile Dementia (Comparisons with Language in Childhood), Pages 323-339, J. de Ajuriaguerra, R. Tissot
Subject Index, Pages 341-350