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Series Editor's Preface | ||
Preface | ||
1 | Introduction: The Importance of Differences in Language Development | 1 |
2 | Characterizing the Nature of the Differences | 13 |
3 | Are There Styles of Language Development? | 45 |
Strengths and Weaknesses | 48 | |
Generalized Patterns: Correlated Tendencies | 49 | |
Persistence Over Time | 51 | |
Relation to General Developmental Level | 61 | |
Are There Styles of Language Development? | 68 | |
4 | Explanations for Individual Differences in Language Development | 71 |
General Environmental Explanations | 72 | |
Social Explanations | 74 | |
Nelson's Cognitive-Social Interactional Model | 79 | |
Cognitive Internal Explanations | 84 | |
Internal Explanations | 89 | |
Language-Specific Internal Explanations | 95 | |
Explanations Involving the Language System | 96 | |
Why Do Children Differ in Their Approach to Language Acquisition? | 100 | |
5 | Conclusions and Future Directions | 104 |
Where Are We? | 104 | |
Where Do We Go From Here? | 106 | |
New Directions in Language Development Theories and Their Relationship to Individual Differences | 111 | |
Ecological Theory | 112 | |
Chaos Theory | 113 | |
Parallel-Distributed Processing (PDP) or Connectionism | 116 | |
Common Themes in Ecological, Chaos, and Connectionist Theories and How They Apply to Individual Differences | 119 | |
What Can Individual Differences Tell Us About the Mechanisms of Language Development? | 121 | |
Theoretical Implications: Modularity Theories and Nativism | 123 | |
Toward an Alternative Theory | 125 | |
References | 128 | |
Name Index | 136 | |
Subject Index | 140 | |
About the Author | 148 |
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