The Language of Children

By Julia Gillen

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
The Language of Children:

introduces the key theories of language acquisition and provides a historical overview of the subject looks at all the ways children learn to communicate, from writing and talking to playing and using computers includes a wide variety of real texts and data, from records of childrens first words to children's hand-written stories and emails explores the language of children from a range of backgrounds and abilities, including deaf and bilingual children is user-friendly and accessible, and provides a full glossary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415286212
• ISBN13: 9780415286213
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.7"