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Language development

1. Brain Connection
2. Constraints on Word Learning: Speculations about their Nature, Origins, and Domain Specificity
3. Cross-linguistic Study of Early Lexical Development
4. Modularity, Domain Specificity and the Development of Language
5. Online Etymology Dictionary
6. Speech and Language Development in Infants and Young Children

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Brain Connection

Collection of articles documenting brain function and associated learning and development. Topics covered include child development, disorders, early reading, education, language, learning, motivation, reading, stress, and thinking. Material addressing specific aspects of these topics are divided into general, educational, and clinical groupings. An additional section entitled 'Brain Basics' provides an insight into the central nervous system's anatomy, physiology, and functionality.
     Author: Scientific Learning
     Subjects: brain, child development, language development
     DeweyClass: 155
     Resource type: articles, news

Constraints on Word Learning: Speculations about their Nature, Origins, and Domain Specificity

Paper looking at how young children with limited information processing abilities can learn what words mean. Focuses on whole-object, taxonomic, and mutual exclusivity assumptions in an attempt to understand the nature of constraints on word learning.
     Author: Markman, Ellen M.
     Subjects: language development
     DeweyClass: 153.1
     Resource type: article

Cross-linguistic Study of Early Lexical Development

A study of parental reports on the first stages of expressive and receptive lexical development of English and Italian infants aged between 8 and 16 months. Data is compared with other reports in the literature, particularly with claims of the early emergence of verbs in Korean children.
     Author: Maria Cristina Caselli, Elizabeth Bates, Paola Casadio, Judi Fenson, Larry Fenson, Lisa Sanderl, Judy Weir
     Subjects: language development
     DeweyClass: 155
     Resource type: article

Modularity, Domain Specificity and the Development of Language

Article discussing the nature and evolution of language, arguing for its innateness and localisation but against domain specificity.
     Author: Bates, Elizabeth
     Subjects: language development
     DeweyClass: 155
     Resource type: article

Online Etymology Dictionary

A free, fully searchable dictionary creating etymologies in alphabetical order, divided into smaller sections for manageable viewing. Contains a list of abbreviations to aid browsing of etymologies and links to other etymological resources.
     Author: Harper, Douglas
     Subjects: language development, linguistics
     DeweyClass: 412
     Resource type: dictionary, index

Speech and Language Development in Infants and Young Children

Presents information on the key stages in the development of language in young children, including a listing of developmental milestones in the first five years of a child's life.
     Author: Bowen, Caroline
     Subjects: language development
     DeweyClass: 155
     Resource type: document