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Can I read Child Language: Acquisition and Growth (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) on EtoBox?
Child Language: Acquisition and Growth (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Barbara C. Lust is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Child Language: Acquisition and Growth (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) about?
Exploring language development from birth, this accessible textbook introduces the field of child language acquisition, establishing key theoretical debates. It considers what characteristics of the human mind make it possible to acquire language and to what extent acquisition is biologically programmed and influenced by our environment. It inquires as to what makes second language learning (in adulthood) different from first language acquisition; and whether the specific stages in language development are universal across languages. It will be a key text for courses in linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.
Who reads Child Language: Acquisition and Growth (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Barbara C. Lust
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511249709
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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