Research methods in child language : a practical guide /
Edited by Erika Hoff
- West Sussex Wiley-Blackwell 2012
- 362 p.
- Gmlz - guides to research methods in language and linguistics. .
This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the methods researchers use to study child language, written by experienced scholars in the study of language development. Presents a comprehensive survey of laboratory and naturalistic techniques used in the study of different domains of language, age ranges, and populations, and explains the questions addressed by each technique Presents new research methods, such as the use of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study the activity of the brain Expands on more traditional research methods such as collection, transcription, and coding of speech samples that have been transformed by new hardware and software.
9781444331257 (paperback)
Children-Language
Language awareness in children
Language acquisition-Age factors
Language acquisition- Research-Methodology
401.93 / RES
This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the methods researchers use to study child language, written by experienced scholars in the study of language development. Presents a comprehensive survey of laboratory and naturalistic techniques used in the study of different domains of language, age ranges, and populations, and explains the questions addressed by each technique Presents new research methods, such as the use of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study the activity of the brain Expands on more traditional research methods such as collection, transcription, and coding of speech samples that have been transformed by new hardware and software.
9781444331257 (paperback)
Children-Language
Language awareness in children
Language acquisition-Age factors
Language acquisition- Research-Methodology
401.93 / RES