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Routes to Language: Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman
Contributor(s): Mueller Gathercole, Virginia C. (Editor)
ISBN: 1841697168     ISBN-13: 9781841697161
Publisher: Psychology Press
OUR PRICE:   $161.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2008
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This book celebrates one of the lights of the field of child language, Melissa Bowerman, with contributions from leading experts who have been directly influenced by her work. It provides the most up-to-date statement of key positions and theorizing regarding fundamental questions in the field of child language development.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies
- Psychology
Dewey: 401.93
LCCN: 2007041886
Series: Psychology Press Festschrift
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 488 pages
 
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This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of child language in honor of one of the preeminent scholars in the field of child language acquisition, Melissa Bowerman. Melissa Bowerman has had a profound, widespread, and enduring influence on research conducted in the field for nearly 40 years.

In addition to being a tribute to Professor Bowerman and her work, the chapters provide the most up-to-date statement of key positions by several leaders in the field of child language development. Fundamental questions in the field are explored in depth, and there are rich analyses of progress in the field in a number of areas, including learning words; crosslinguistic patterning and acquisition of lexical semantics; crosslinguistic patterning and events, paths, and causes; and influences on development.

The volume is essential reading for researchers in child language and development, linguistics, psychology, education, and speech pathology, as well as researchers and practitioners specializing in the many specific languages discussed in the book.