Biological and Behavioral Determinants of Language Development

by Krasnegor; Norman A.

• ISBN13: 9780805809930
• ISBN10: 0805809937
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1991-09-01
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This book presents a current, interdisciplinary perspective on language requisites from both a biological/comparative perspective and from a developmental/learning perspective. Perspectives regarding language and language acquisition are advanced by scientists of various backgrounds -- speech, hearing, developmental psychology, comparative psychology, and language intervention. This unique volume searches for a rational interface between findings and perspectives generated by language studies with humans and with chimpanzees. Intended to render a reconsideration as to the essence of language and the requisites to its acquisition, it also provides readers with perspectives defined by various revisionists who hold that language might be other than the consequence of a mutation unique to humans and might, fundamentally, not be limited to speech.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Critical Theoretical Issues	p. 1
Language Development from an Evolutionary Perspective	p. 5
References	p. 25
Symbols and Syntax: A Darwinian Approach to Language Development	p. 29
References	p. 59
How the Acquisition of Nouns May Be Different from That of Verbs	p. 67
References	p. 87
Acknowledgements	p. 87
Concepts and Meaning: in Language Development	p. 89
References	p. 111
Representation and Expression	p. 117
Acknowledgements	p. 136
References	p. 136
Precursors of Language in Primates	p. 141
Comparative Perspectives of Brain, Cognition, and Language	p. 145
Acknowledgements	p. 160
References	p. 160
The "Postural Origins" Theory of Primate Neurobiological Asymmetries	p. 165
References	p. 185
Developmental Changes in Nonhuman Primate Patterns of Brain Lateralization for the Perception of Speech Cues: Neuroelectrical Correlates	p. 189
Acknowledgements	p. 206
References	p. 206
Language Learning in the Bonobo: How and Why They Learn	p. 209
Acknowledgements	p. 231
References	p. 232
Imitation, Grammatical Development, and the Invention of Protogrammar by an Ape	p. 235
Acknowledgements	p. 252
References	p. 252
Language Acquisition in Children	p. 259
The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Language Function	p. 263
References	p. 283
The Role of Social Interaction in Early Language Development	p. 287
References	p. 299
Language Comprehension: A New Look at Some Old Themes	p. 301
Acknowledgements	p. 318
References	p. 319
Recharting the Course of Language Acquisition: Studies in Elicited Prod uctionds	p. 321
Acknowledgements	p. 336
References	p. 337
Motor Aspects of Emergent Speech: A Dynamic Approach	p. 339
References	p. 359
Acknowledgements	p. 359
Linguistic and Spatial Development: Dissociations Between Cognitive Domains	p. 363
Acknowledgements	p. 389
Appendix	p. 390
References	p. 390
Acquisition by Instruction in the Language Delayed	p. 395
On Differentiated Language-Learning Models and Differentiated Interventions	p. 399
Acknowledgements	p. 424
References	p. 424
Patterns of Language Learning by Instruction: Evidence from Nonspeaking Persons with Mental Retardation	p. 429
Acknowledgements	p. 442
References	p. 443
Children with Specific Language Impairment: Toward a Model of Teachability	p. 447
Acknowledgements	p. 476
References	p. 476
Communicative Intent and Its Realizations Among Persons with Severe Intellectual Deficits	p. 481
Acknowledgements	p. 505
References	p. 505
Author Index	p. 509
Subject Index	p. 523
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