Phonological Development: The First Two Years

Blackwell Applied Language Studies

by Marilyn May Vihman

Drawing on major research developments in the field, Vihman has updated and extensively revised the 1996 edition of her classic text to provide a thorough and stimulating overview of current studies of child production and perception and early word learning.Offers a full survey of the thinking on how babies develop phonological knowledgeProvides a much needed update on the field - one in which this book remains unique, and in which there have also been dramatic developments since the publication of the first editionSurveys what has been learned about phonological development and raises questions for further studyThe only book that includes balanced treatment of research in perception and production and attempts a synthesis of these fields, which have generally developed in isolation from one anotherIncludes a new chapter that provides an overview of early communicative and attentional, as well as perceptual and vocal, development, along with a summary of both implicit and explicit learning mechanisms

Genres: Linguistics

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996