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 175-009 First Language Acquisition

Note

Formerly available as 175-200. Students who have completed 175-200 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Brian Lynch

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Subject Description

This subject is an overview of some principal issues in first language acquisition, including children's language development (from pre-speech onwards), grammatical, semantic and pragmatic development, and the continued development of language through the school years. The variability and individual differences in relation to current theoretical models of language acquisition and cognitive and social development will also be examined. Focus is on the acquisition of English, but cross-cultural material will be included for comparison.

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