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Language acquisition is a contentious field of research occupied by cognitive and developmental psychologist, linguists, philosophers, and biologists. Perhaps the key component to understanding how language is mastered is explaining word acquisition. At twelve months, an infant learns new words slowly and laboriously but at twenty months he or she acquires an average of ten new words per day. How can we explain this phenomenal change? A theory of word acquisition will not only deepen our understanding of the nature of language but will provide real insight into the workings of the developing mind. In the latest entry in Oxford's Counterpoints series, Roberta Golinkoff and Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek will present competing word acquisition theories that have emerged in the past decade. Each theory will be presented by the pioneering researcher. Contributors will include Lois Bloom of Columbia University, Linda Smith of Indiana University, Amanda Woodward of the Huniversity of Chicago, Nameera Akhtar of the University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute. The editors will provide introductory and summary chapters to help assess each theoretical model. Roberta Golinkoff has been the director of The Infant Language Project at the University of Delaware since 1974. For the past decade she has collaborated with Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek of Temple University to solve the question of language acquisition in children.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195130324

ISBN-139780195130324

eBay Product ID (ePID)1679942

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Number of Pages215 Pages

Publication NameBecoming a Word Learner : a Debate on Lexical Acquisition

LanguageEnglish

SubjectVocabulary, Creative Ability, Developmental / General, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2000

TypeTextbook

AuthorLois Bloom, Amanda L. Woodward, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Linda B. Smith

Subject AreaPsychology, Language Arts & Disciplines

SeriesCounterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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ReviewsContributors 1. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek: Word Learning: Icon, Index, or Symbol? 2. Lois Bloom: The Intentionality Model of Word Learning: How to Learn a Word, Any Word 3. Linda B. Smith: Learning How to Learn Words: An Associative Crane 4. Amanda L. Woodward: Constraining the Problem Space in Early Word Learning 5. Nameera Akhtar and Michael Tomasello: The Social Nature of Words and Word Learning 6. Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and George Hollich: An Emergentist Coalition Model for Word Learning: Mapping Words to Objects Is a Product of the Interaction of Multiple Cues 7. COUNTERPOINT COMMENTARY Lois Bloom: What Can We Take for Granted in Word Learning? Linda B. Smith: Avoiding Associations When It's Behaviorism You Really Hate Amanda L. Woodward: There Is No Silver Bullet for Word Learning: Why Monolithic Accounts Miss the Mark Michael Tomasello and Nameera Akhtar: Five Questions for Any Theory of Word Learning Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts, or Why the Emergentist Coalition Model Works Index

Dewey Edition21

Target AudienceCollege Audience

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal401/.93

Lc Classification NumberP118.B424 2000

Table of ContentContributors1. Word Learning: Icon, Index, or Symbol?, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek2. The Intentionality Model of Word Learning: How to Learn a Word, Any Word, Lois Bloom3. Learning How to Learn Words: An Associative Crane, Linda B. Smith4. Constraining the Problem Space in Early Word Learning, Amanda L. Woodward5. The Social Nature of Words and Word Learning, Nameera Akhtar and Michael Tomasello6. An Emergentist Coalition Model for Word Learning: Mapping Words to Objects Is a Product of the Interaction of Multiple Cues, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, and George Hollich7. COUNTERPOINT COMMENTARYWhat Can We Take for Granted in Word Learning?, Lois BloomAvoiding Associations When It's Behaviorism You Really Hate, Linda B. SmithThere Is No Silver Bullet for Word Learning: Why Monolithic Accounts Miss the Mark, Amanda L. WoodwardFive Questions for Any Theory of Word Learning, Michael Tomasello and Nameera AkhtarThe Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts, or Why the Emergentist Coalition Model Works, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick GolinkoffIndex

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Counterpoints: Cognition, Memory, and Language Ser.: Becoming a Word Learner : A Debate on Lexical Acquisition by Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek, Amanda L. Woodward, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Lois Bloom and Linda B. Smith (2000, Trade Paperback)