Description
| Product ID: | 9781108494090 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Language Development |
| Subtitle: | Individual Differences in a Social Context |
| Authors: | Author: Cristina McKean, Sheena Reilly, James Law |
| Page Count: | 750 |
| Subjects: | Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Language learning: specific skills, Clinical psychology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language learning: specific skills, Clinical psychology |
| Description: | Children's language development is of interest to students and practitioners across education and the social and health sciences. This book presents novel analyses and evidence syntheses on individual differences in language development in population studies, and introduces a public health approach to language learning difficulties and disorders. The majority of children acquire language effortlessly but approximately 10% of all children find it difficult especially in the early or preschool years with consequences for many aspects of their subsequent development and experience: literacy, social skills, educational qualifications, mental health and employment. With contributions from an international team of researchers, this book is the first to draw together a series of new analyses of data related to children''s language development, primarily from large-scale nationally representative population studies, and to bring a public health perspective to the field. The book begins with a section on factors influencing the patterns of language development. A second section explores continuity and change in language development over time. The third explores the impact on individuals with developmental language disorders (DLD), the effectiveness of available interventions, and broader issues about the need for equity in the delivery of services to those with DLD. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-25 |
