Amy, Wendy, and Beth : : Learning Language in South Baltimore / / Peggy J. Miller.

Amy, Wendy, and Beth, the 1980 recipient of the New York Academy of Sciences Edward Sapir Award, is a lively in-depth study of how three young children from an urban working-class community learned language under everyday conditions. It is a sensitive portrayal of the children and their families and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©1982
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Background
  • 2. Procedures
  • 3. The Children and Their Families
  • 4. Direct Instruction in Language and Speaking
  • 5. Combining Words to Express Meanings
  • 6. Summaries, Conclusions, Questions
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index