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The remarkable way in which young children acquire language has long fascinated linguists and developmental psychologists alike. Language is a skill that we have essentially mastered by the age of three, and with incredible ease and speed, despite the complexity of the task. This accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, exploring language development from birth. Setting out the key theoretical debates, it considers questions such as what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language; how far acquisition is biologically programmed and how far it is influenced by our environment; what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. Clear and comprehensive, it is set to become a key text for all courses in child language acquisition, within linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

Language acquisition --- Research --- Methodology --- 800.7 --- 800.7 Taalonderwijs. Taalverwerving --- Taalonderwijs. Taalverwerving --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language and languages --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Research&delete& --- Acquisition --- Methodology. --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Language acquisition - Research - Methodology --- Language acquisition - Textbooks. --- Language acquisition - Textbooks

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This volume presents the first collection of work on research synthesis in applied linguistics. It introduces readers to a cutting-edge approach for reviewing and summarizing exactly what accumulated research has to say about theoretical and practical subjects. John Norris and Lourdes Ortega first elucidate the value and practice of synthesis, and they challenge all members of the research community to adopt a "synthetic ethic". The book then features seven empirical syntheses, each modeling rigorous synthetic practice in definitively reviewing the state of knowledge and research quality in.

Second language acquisition --- Language and languages --- Research --- History --- Study and teaching --- History. --- Psycholinguistics --- Didactics of languages --- 800.7 --- 800.7 Taalonderwijs. Taalverwerving --- Taalonderwijs. Taalverwerving --- #KVHA: Taalonderwijs --- #KVHA: Taalverwerving --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Study and teaching&delete& --- Research&delete& --- Second language acquisition - Research - History --- Language and languages - Study and teaching - Research - History --- Acquisition d'une langue seconde. --- Enseignement des langues. --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY. --- Histoire. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. --- Langage et langues --- Langue seconde --- Méta-analyse. --- REFERENCE. --- Recherche. --- Taalonderwijs. --- Tweedetaalverwerving. --- Alphabets & Writing Systems. --- Grammar & Punctuation. --- General. --- Spelling. --- Étude et enseignement --- Recherche --- Research. --- Acquisition