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Title Foundations of language development : a multidisciplinary approach. Volume 1 / edited by Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg
Published New York : Academic Press, 1975
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Contents Front Cover; Foundations of Language Development: A Multidisciplinary Approach; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents of Volume 2; Part 1: Preliminaries; Chapter 1. Language; Communication in Animals and in Man; Hypotheses as to the Origins of Language; The History of Ideas Underlying Thinking and Speech; Language as a Function of the Brain; Linguistics and Semiology; The Inadequacy of Verbal Symbols as Tools of Thought; The Future of Language; References; Chapter 2. The Concept of Language Differentiation; The Nature of Language
Relations and ComputationsContinuities as Proper Psychological and Physiological Correlates; Linguistic Categories Are Relationships; They Are Definable Only Contextually; Semantic and Syntactic Properties Have a Common Origin in Ontogeny; Differentiation in the Growth of Vocabulary; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Some Problems in Linguistic Theory; References; Chapter 4. The Heuristic Principle in the Perception, Emergence, and Assimilation of Speech; Psycholinguistic Rules and Plans; Alternative Approaches; References; Part II: Natural History
Chapter 5. A Zoologist's View of Some Language Phenomena with Particular Emphasis on Vocal Learning Introduction; The Comparative Analysis of Vocal Communication; The Role of Learning in Vocal Ontogeny; Predispositions Brought to the Task of Vocal Learning; The Origins of Vocal Learning; Why Did Not Other Primates Leam to Speak?; The Neural Substrate of Vocal Behavior; Summary; References; Chapter 6. Brain Development in Relation to Language; Shortcomings of Linguistic Analysis; From Neurogenotype to Neurophenotype; Functional Regulation in the Developing Cerebral Cortex
Synaptic Stability and LabilitySynaptic Disconnection, Reconnection, and Malconnection; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7. Myelogenetic Correlates of the Development of Speech and Language; Introduction; Myelogenesis of the Visual and Acoustic Pathways; Myelogenetic Correlates of the Development of Speech and Language; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. The Ontogeny of Cerebral Dominance in Man; Introduction; The Development of Handedness; The Lateralization of Speech; Specific Educational Backwardness; Conclusions; References; Part III: Ontogeny
Chapter 9. Theories of Phonological DevelopmentIntroduction; Requirements for a Theory of Phonological Development; Behaviorist Theories; Structuralist Theories; Natural Phonology Theory; Prosodie Theory; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 10. Phonemicization and Symbolization in Language Development; Introduction; Crying; Development of Phonatory-Articulatory-Auditory Mechanisms During the Period of Babbling as One Kind of Circular Reaction; Reorganization of Babbling Phonatory-Articulatory-Auditory Mechanisms and Their Application to Language
Notes Result of the 1968 Symposium on Brain Research and Human Behaviour, held in Paris
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Development of Phonemicization and Symbolization
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Subject Language acquisition
Psycholinguistics
Language disorders
Writing
Form Electronic book
Author Lenneberg, Eric H
Lenneberg, Elizabeth
ScienceDirect (Online service) OUP UPSO eCollection Frontlist Year 3
Symposium on Brain Research and Human Behavior (1968 : Paris, France)
ISBN 9781483267883
1483267881