This ""Gray Matter"" guide explores the ways we learn to speak and use language. The author reveals how and why children are able to develop language skills quickly, pinpoints the regions of the brain involved in coordinating speech and language, and describes various disorders that can disrupt language development. ""Speech and Language"" covers sign language and second languages, in addition to spoken language.
| ISBN: | 9780791089521 |
| Publication date: | 30th December 2006 |
| Author: | Amanda A. Sleeper |
| Publisher: | Chelsea House Publishers |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 123 pages |
| Series: | Gray Matter |