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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480115603321

Titolo

Foundations of language development : a multidisciplinary approach / / edited by Eric H. Lenneberg, Elizabeth Lenneberg ; contributors, J. de Ajuriaguerra [and twenty-two others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, [England] ; ; Paris, France : , : Academic Press : , : The Unesco Press, , 1975

©1975

ISBN

1-4832-6788-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Unesco Symposium Foundations of language development

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Language acquisition

Psycholinguistics

Language disorders

Writing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Result of the 1968 Symposium on Brain Research and Human Behaviour, held in Paris."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Development of Phonemicization and Symbolization

Sommario/riassunto

Foundations of Language Development