A First Language: The Early Stages

by Roger Brown

Book Overview

For many years, Roger Brown and his colleagues have studied the developing language of pre-school children-the language that ultimately will permit them to understand themselves and the world around them. This longitudinal research project records the conversational performances of three children, studying both semantic and grammatical aspects of their language development. These core findings are related to recent work in psychology and linguistics-and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674303253
• ISBN13: 9780674303256
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 437 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.