The Language of Children

Julia Gillen

The Language of Children

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 children's hand-written stories to emails and records of babies' first words *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.

Book of the Intertext series

  • ISBN: 0415286212
  • ISBN-13: 9780415286213
  • Author : Julia Gillen
  • Language : English
  • Format:  Paperback - Search for other formats
  • Publication Date: 7/1/2003
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Price ($AUD): $42.95

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