Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics

This book provides a comprehensive account of how children acquire complex sentences.

A 2004 overview of linguistic research into acquisition of phonology, focusing on constraints in phonological acquisition.

An engaging account of how new languages come into being, arguing that children are the driving force.

This 2006 book describes the many ways that the mind and body are closely interrelated.

Textbook designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user.

This engaging and accessible book explains the incredible mastery of language by young children.

This authoritative 2003 textbook provides a linguistic perspective on second language acquisition.

A study of the analysis of discourse markers (words like ''so'', ''however'', and ''well'').

This fascinating book offers exciting insights into the precursors of speech.

Introduction to the study of children''s language difficulties, drawing widely on real-life examples.

Explores similarities and differences between spoken and signed languages, challenging notions of what constitutes ''language''.

This 2003 book discusses the relationship between numerical thinking and the human language faculty.

Addresses questions in the study of first language acquisition in three domains of child language.

Reinvestigates how a speaker/hearer''s experience with language affects the representation of phonology.

Presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to societal bilingualism.

Describes how intellectual development of bilingual children differs from that of monolingual children.

How human emotions are ''constructed'' from individuals'' embodied experiences in different cultural settings.

Understanding Language Contact offers an accessible and empirically grounded introduction to contact linguistics.

A study of how children acquire language and how this affects language change over generations.

First systematic and wide-ranging treatment of problems of communication involving Latin in the Roman world.

In this 2003 book, Stephen C.

This book discusses the biological basis for a person''s use of language.

This edited volume challenges the hegemonic values and practices that have shaped the contemporary state of English language education in Chile, offering a space for a transformative vision that prioritises pedagogical practices grounded in (g)localised methodologies and epistemologies.

This accessible volume presents an up-to-date overview of how young children, older youth, and adults develop multilingual proficiencies.

The Handbook of Speech Perception is a collection of forward-looking articles that offer a summary of the technical and theoretical accomplishments in this vital area of research on language.

The Handbook of Pragmatics is a collection of newly commissioned articles that provide an authoritative and accessible introduction to the field, including an overview of the foundations of pragmatic theory and a detailed examination of the rich and varied theoretical and empirical subdomains of pragmatics.

Multilingualism in the English-Speaking World is the winner of the BAAL Book Prize 2005.

This is the first text on language in communication written from a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.

Each chapter is written by a speech and language therapist specialising in psycholinguistic approaches to investigation and intervention.

One approach to the study of language has been to describe people whose ability to communicate is impaired.

This publication is concerned with the early stages of language acquisition and is designed for use by early childhood teachers, nursery nurses, special education teachers and others working with children experiencing difficulties in learning to talk.

Language and Social Disadvantage critically analyses and reviews the development of language in direct relation to social disadvantage in the early years and beyond.

This timely text provides a comprehensive overview of the research methods used by the Generative Second Language Acquisition framework.

Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master's students tackling research and research writing for the first time.

Doing a Master's Dissertation in TESOL and Applied Linguistics is a practical guide for master's students tackling research and research writing for the first time.

This third edition of the best-selling Theories in Second Language Acquisition surveys the major theories currently used in second language acquisition (SLA) research, serving as an ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students in SLA and language teaching.

This third edition of the best-selling Theories in Second Language Acquisition surveys the major theories currently used in second language acquisition (SLA) research, serving as an ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students in SLA and language teaching.

Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development describes the language testing practice that exists in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in the language testing and assessment literature.

Local Language Testing: Design, Implementation, and Development describes the language testing practice that exists in the intermediate space between large-scale standardized testing and classroom assessment, an area that is rarely addressed in the language testing and assessment literature.

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of American English.

American English Phonetics and Pronunciation Practice provides an accessible introduction to basic articulatory phonetics for students of American English.

Specialised English: New Directions in ESP and EAP Research and Practice provides an authoritative and cutting-edge account of the latest avenues of research and practice in the dynamic field of Specialised English.

Specialised English: New Directions in ESP and EAP Research and Practice provides an authoritative and cutting-edge account of the latest avenues of research and practice in the dynamic field of Specialised English.

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in applied linguistics from the perspective of the Global South.

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in applied linguistics from the perspective of the Global South.

Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that comprise interactional competence.

Now in its second edition, this volume offers a strong synthesis of classic and current work in conversation analysis (CA), usefully encapsulated in a model of interactional practices that comprise interactional competence.

This volume provides a systematic comparative treatment of urban contact dialects in the Global North and South, examining the emergence and development of these dialects in major cities in sub-Saharan Africa and North-Western Europe.

This volume provides a systematic comparative treatment of urban contact dialects in the Global North and South, examining the emergence and development of these dialects in major cities in sub-Saharan Africa and North-Western Europe.

Speech Bubbles 2 is the second set in a series of picture books designed to be used by those working with children who have delayed or disordered speech sound development, children receiving speech therapy or those wanting to provide sound awareness activities for children.