Foundations of Language Development. A Multidisciplinary Approach

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)