文档介绍：CHILD LANGUAGE
Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are
one-stop resources for students.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the
subject, with activities, study questions, sample analyses, commentaries, and key
readings—all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible “two-dimensional”
structure is built around four sections—introduction, development, exploration, and
extension—which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can be read across
these sections, enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained.
Child Language:
□ provides prehensive overview of language acquisition in children
□ introduces students to ke theories and concerns such as innateness, the role of the input,
and the relation of language to other cognitive functions
□ teaches students the skills needed to analyze children’s language and provides
suggestions and guidance for student research projects
□ includes sections on the bilingual child and the development of literacy
□ provides classic readings by key names in the field, such as Neil Smith, Roger Brown,
Richard Cromer, and Jean Berko Gleason.
Jean Stilwell ei has taught extensively on children’s language development and is
currently affiliated to the English Language and Linguistics programme at Roehampton
University. She is the author of both Child Language and Pragmatics in the Routledge
Language Workbooks series and a co-author of Language, Society and Power.
ROUTLEDGE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INTRODUCTIONS
SERIES EDITOR: PETER STOCKWELL
Peter Stockwell is Senior Lecturer in the School of English Studies at the University of
Nottingham, UK, where his interests include sociolinguistics, stylistics, and cognitive
poetics. His recent publications include Cognitive Poetics: An Introduction (Routledge
2002), The Poetics of Science Fiction, Investigating English Language (with How