Description
Book SynopsisAbout our author
Robert E. Owens, Jr., (Dr. Bob), PhD, is a New York State Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the College of St. Rose where he teaches courses in language development and language disorders. In 2016 he received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is the author of: Language Development, An Introduction (8 editions); Language Disorders, A Functional Approach (6 editions); Program for the Acquisition of Language with the Severely Impaired (PALS); Help Your Baby Talk, Introducing the New Shared Communication Method and Queer Kids, The Challenge & Promise for Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth.
His Language Development text is the most widely used in the world and has been translated into Spanish, Korean and Arabic. He has also co-authored Introduction to Communication Disorder
Table of Contents
- The Territory
- Describing Language
- Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
- Cognitive, Perceptual and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
- The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
- Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
- First Words and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
- Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
- Preschool Development of Language Form
- Early School-Age Language Development
- School-Age Literacy Development
- Adolescent and Adult Language
Appendix A: American English Speech Sounds Appendix B: Major Racial and Ethnic Dialects of American English Appendix C: Development Summary Appendix D: Computing MLU Appendix E: Background Grammar Glossary References Author Index Subject Index
