Growing into Language : Developmental Trajectories and Neural Underpinnings / Liliana Tolchinsky, Ruth A. Berman.

Author/creator Tolchinsky Landsmann, Liliana author.
Other author Berman, Ruth Aronson author.
Format Electronic
PublicationOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Description1 online resource (369 pages)
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
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Contents Cover -- titlepage -- copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1 Brains for language (and everything else) -- 2 Language for recollection -- 3 Language for actuality -- 4 Language for (im)possible worlds -- 5 Language for imagery -- 6 Language for reflection (on language) -- 7 Language for literacy and literacy for language -- Afterthoughts -- Glossary I: Terms related to brain sites and functions -- Glossary II: Terms related to brain sites and neuro-imaging techniques -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index
Summary This text explores how schoolchildren and adolescents employ language in different communicative settings. The authors demonstrate how language development is affected by the language and culture in which it evolves, and use brain studies to provide a deeper explanation of developmental changes in language behavior.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2023).
Issued in other formPrint version: Tolchinsky, Liliana Growing into Language Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2023 9780192849984
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780192667007 electronic book
ISBN0192667009 electronic book
ISBN9780191945137 electronic book
ISBN0191945137 electronic book

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