How social contexts support and shape language development

Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 55 - 88
Published: Mar 1, 2006
Abstract
null null The human potential for language is based in human biology but makes requirements of the social environment to be realized. This paper reports evidence regarding (1) the nature of those environmental requirements, (2) the ways in which the varied social contexts in which children live meet those requirements, and (3) the effects of environmental variability in meeting those requirements on the course of language development. The...
Paper Details
Title
How social contexts support and shape language development
Published Date
Mar 1, 2006
Volume
26
Issue
1
Pages
55 - 88
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