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Perspectives on Language and Language Development

Essays in honor of Ruth A. Berman

  • Comprehensive overview of language as a rich, multifaceted system, inspired by the lifework of Ruth A. Berman

  • Offers state-of-the-art portrayals of linguistic and psycholinguistic phenomena with new insights on the interrelations of language structure, discourse theory, and the development of language and literacy

  • Presents innovative investigations on the interface of language and narrative in a broad range of languages, with a section devoted to linguistic studies of Modern Hebrew

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Dorit Ravid, Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkort
      Pages 1-6
  3. Language and Discourse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Catégorisation, Grammatication et Lexicalisation

      • Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot
      Pages 9-22
    3. The Hebrew Language in Israel

      1. Modern Hebrew Consonant Clusters
        • Ora (Rodrigue) Schwarzwald
        Pages 45-60
      2. Transcribing Spoken Israeli Hebrew: Preliminary Notes
        • Shlomo Izre’el
        Pages 61-72
      3. From Vanity to Grace
        • Tamar Sovran
        Pages 73-85
    4. The Interrelations of Language and Narrative

      1. Grammatical Gender and Personification
        • Bernard Comrie
        Pages 105-114
      2. Relating Narrative Events in Translation
        • Dan I. Slobin
        Pages 115-129
      3. Why Do We Need Evaluation Devices Anyway?
        • Yeshayahu Shen
        Pages 131-142
      4. On Interpreting: A Tutorial
        • Rachel Giora
        Pages 143-156
  4. A Developmental Perspective on Language and Discourse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Teaching and Artificial Life

      • Tzur Sayag, Sidney Strauss
      Pages 159-171

About this book

Perspectives on Language and Language Development brings together new perspectives on language, discourse and language development in 31 chapters by leading scholars from several countries with diverging backgrounds and disciplines. It is a comprehensive overview of language as a rich, multifaceted system, inspired by the lifework of Ruth A. Berman. Edited by Dorit Ravid and Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot, both from Tel Aviv University, Israel, the book offers state-of-the-art portrayals of linguistic and psycholinguistic phenomena with new insights on the interrelations of language structure, discourse theory, and the development of language and literacy. The volume presents innovative investigations on the interface of language and narrative in a broad range of languages, with a section devoted to linguistic studies of Modern Hebrew. It traces the development of language and literacy from early childhood through adolescence to maturity in spoken and written contexts, and in monolingual as well as multilingual perspectives.

Linguists, psycholinguists, discourse scholars, cognitive psychologists, language teachers, education experts, and clinicians working in the field of language and discourse will find this book extremely useful both as a textbook and as a source of information.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Constantiner School of Education and Department of Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Dorit Diskin Ravid

  • French Department, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Perspectives on Language and Language Development

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in honor of Ruth A. Berman

  • Editors: Dorit Diskin Ravid, Hava Bat-Zeev Shyldkrot

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7911-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-7903-0Published: 24 January 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-5449-7Published: 05 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-7911-5Published: 25 August 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 482

  • Topics: Linguistics, general, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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