{"product_id":"how-babies-talk-isbn-9780452281738","title":"How Babies Talk","description":"In their first three years of life, babies face the most complex learning endeavor they will ever undertake as human beings: They learn to talk. Now, as researchers make new forays into the mystery of the development of the human brain, Golinkoff and Hirsh-Pasek, both developmental psychologists and language experts, offer parents a powerfully insightful guidebook to how infants\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eeven while in the womb\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ebegin to learn language. Along the way, the authors provide parents with the latest scientific findings, developmental milestones, and important advice on how to create the most effective learning environments for their children. This book takes readers on a fascinating, vitally important exploration of the dance between nature and nurture, and explains how parents can help their children learn more successfully.Introduction. Setting the Stage: The Magic of Language Development in the First Three Years of Life\u003cp\u003eLanguage Milestones\u003cbr\u003eThe Source of Our Knowledge: Scientific Sleuthing\u003cbr\u003eTheoretical breakthroughs\u003cbr\u003eMethodological breakthroughs\u003cbr\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays off\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Watch Your Language! The Fetus Can Hear You: Development from Before Birth to Three Months of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fetus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Fetal Environment: Home Sweet Home\u003cbr\u003eBaby, Do You Read Me? Hearing Mother's Voice and Other Sounds\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my fetus hear? Can my fetus hear \u003ci\u003eme\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003eDoes Fetal Learning Mean Fetal School?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBirthing the Baby: Will the Newborn Resemble the Fetus?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTry this: Does the newborn react to sounds?\u003cbr\u003eCommunicating Through Crying\u003cbr\u003eMother, Is That You? Newborns Prefer to Hear Mother's Voice\u003cbr\u003eDistinguishing the World's Languages\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does your baby respond to foreign languages?\u003cbr\u003eFace-to-Face: Love at First Look?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Charting baby's smiles\u003cbr\u003eDo Mouths and Voices Work Together?\u003cbr\u003eNewborn Copycats\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my baby copy me?\u003cbr\u003eThe Roots of Conversation\u003cbr\u003eBaby Talk Matters\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Do babies react to baby talk?\u003cbr\u003eMore Than Meets the Eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. Silence is not golden\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. New scientific methods can yield assessment tools\u003cbr\u003eLesson 3. Overestimate your baby's capabilities\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Yada-Yada-Yada: The Babbling Period Between Four and Eight Months of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBabies Do Babble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow Babies Talk to Us\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Conversations from the Crib?\u003cbr\u003eFrom Coos and Goos to Babbling\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Are \"Mama\" and \"Dada\" real words or just arbitrary sounds?\u003cbr\u003eWhy Babies Babble\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow We Babble to Babies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidening the Topics of Conversation\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Finding objects near and far\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinding the Words (and Other Units) in a Stream of Speech\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat's a Word Worth?\u003cbr\u003eUse Your Head! The Headturn Preference Procedure\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Will baby notice disrupted speech?\u003cbr\u003eLearn Your Handle: Lauren, Not Louise\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does baby respond to her own name?\u003cbr\u003eOnce Upon a Time: Babies Recognize Words in Stories\u003cbr\u003eHow Do You Mean? Babies Grapple with Word Meanings\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. Hear ye, hear ye: Watch for ear infections\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. There is nothing wrong with small talk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Point-ilism: Parents Become Tools for Babies between Nine and Twelve Months of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearning to Communicate without Words\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding the Causal Connection: My Signals Can Make Things Happen!\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my baby communicate with intention?\u003cbr\u003eHow Do Babies Learn to Make Their Point?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: When can baby follow a point?\u003cbr\u003eThe Negotiation of Failed Messages: You Just Don't Get It!\u003cbr\u003eTry This: How does my baby negotiate?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLet the Words Begin!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreverbal Communication: The Cradle of Meaning\u003cbr\u003eDetecting the Patterns in the Language Stream\u003cbr\u003eThe Decline in Distinguishing Among the Sounds of the World's Languages\u003cbr\u003eWhither the Words?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Playing games\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. Honor babies' communicative attempts even \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e they are intentionally communicative\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. Put my thoughts into words!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. First Words: Getting \"Hi\" between Twelve and Eighteen Months of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Does It Take to Learn a Word?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Flowering of Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003eThe Stars and Stripes and Other Symbols\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Comics in the crib?\u003cbr\u003eThe Fertile Path to Real Words\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Creating a diary of protowords and first words\u003cbr\u003eCommunicating Efficiently\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Tracking the use of baby's first ten words\u003cbr\u003e\"Home Signs\" and \"Baby Signs\"\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my baby learn some baby signs?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSymbols, Categories, Meanings, and Emotions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Dog,\" Not \"Dalmatian\"; \"Hat,\" Not \"Baseball Cap\": Why Babies Prefer Some Words over Others\u003cbr\u003eTry This: What kinds of words are my baby's first ten words?\u003cbr\u003eHow Do Meanings and Words Come Together?\u003cbr\u003eSaying Your First Words: A Sobering Task\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does my baby express emotion when she talks?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst Words Take Effort, More for Some Than Others\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of Two Toddlers\u003cbr\u003eName Callers and Social Sophisticates\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Is my baby a name caller or a socialite? What kind of parent am I?\u003cbr\u003eWord Comprehension Exceeds Word Production\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. More baby talk=More baby's talk\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. There are big individual differences in the appearance of the first words\u003cbr\u003eLesson 3. Picture book reading is a source of new words\u003cbr\u003eLesson 4. When do you worry about a lack of words?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Vocabulary Takes Wing: Eighteen to Twenty-Four Months\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vocabulary Spurt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding the Vocabulary Spurt\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Catching the torrent of words in a diary\u003cbr\u003eWord Leaning Is a Bear (Bare?)\u003cbr\u003eWhat Are Toddlers Talking About?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Book reading as a classroom for word learning\u003cbr\u003eBabies Overextend Themselves: Misapplying Words for All the Right Reasons\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Looking for overextensions\u003cbr\u003eDoes Sensitivity to Social Cues Lead to the Vocabulary Spurt?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Is your child using social cues to learn new words?\u003cbr\u003eDo Mental Advances Lead to the Vocabulary Spurt?\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Categorizing obejcts and the vocabulary spurt\u003cbr\u003eFast Mapping: Novel Names Go with Novel Categories\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Fast mapping and the vocabulary spurt\u003cbr\u003eAn Integrated View of the Vocabulary Spurt: It Takes Social \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Mental Advances\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndividual Differences in Word Learning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePronunciation: Saying It My Way\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Recording the baby's favorite mistakes\u003cbr\u003eBoys and Girls: Early Sightings of Mars and Venus\u003cbr\u003eFirstborn Versus Later-Born Toddlers\u003cbr\u003eSocial Class Differences in Word Learning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. The study of normal development helps in understanding language problems\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. More language in=More language out\u003cbr\u003eLesson 3. Watching TV cannot make up for real comunication\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. \"More Juice!\" - Babies Understand and Produce Simple Sentences Between Eighteen and Twenty-four Months of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Toddlers Can Say\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo-Word Sentences Say It All\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Two-word sentences take off! But what do they mean?\u003cbr\u003eWhat Enables the Baby to Use Two-word Speech?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Toddlers Can Understand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigating Two-Word Productions: What Children Comprehend\u003cbr\u003eTry This: What are the cues my baby relies on to understand sentences?\u003cbr\u003eWhat Does It Mean to Understand Sentences?\u003cbr\u003eBabies find the units in the language stream\u003cbr\u003eBabies realize that words in sentences describe events in the world\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my baby understand that language maps to unique events?\u003cbr\u003eDifferent arrangements of the units in sentences change sentence meaning\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does my baby understand that differences in word order signal differences in meaning?\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Word Order: Children Attend to Grammatical Elements\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Is my baby sensitive to grammatical elements?\u003cbr\u003e\"With\" - A Grammatical Element in Action\u003cbr\u003eComprehension Far Outpaces Production, But Why?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. Engage in rich interpretation but don't bother to correct\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. Your baby's caregiver is your ally\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. The Language Sophisticate at Twenty-four to Thirty-six Months: Why? Why? Why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Emergence of Grammatical Capability\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdding Glue to the Sentence: Function Words and Particles\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Finding grammatical function words and particles in your child's speech\u003cbr\u003eOvergeneralizations: It Breaked!\u003cbr\u003eAsking Questions\u003cbr\u003eWhat's Up, Doc? Wh-Questions\u003cbr\u003eWhy, Why, Why?\u003cbr\u003eIfs, Ands, and Buts: The Grammatical Spurt\u003cbr\u003eIs It Really Grammar?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Source of Grammatical Capability in the Human Species\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere Does the Grammar Come From?\u003cbr\u003eA Language Instinct?\u003cbr\u003eThe Critical Period: Time Is Running Out\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. When should you worry?\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. What should be do or not do to promote language growth?\u003cbr\u003eLesson 3. It's never too early to start learning a second language\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. \"Please\" and \"Thank You\": Using Language to Get Things Done Between Twenty-four and Thirty-six Months\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMastering the Uses of Language\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearning a Language Is Learning a Culture\u003cbr\u003eWhat Are You \u003ci\u003eReally\u003c\/i\u003e Asking? How Toddlers Understand Requests\u003cbr\u003eTry This: How do I ask questions? Does my child make conventional inferences?\u003cbr\u003eHow To Ask: Getting What We Want\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my child consciously use polite speech?\u003cbr\u003eLearning Social Routines\u003cbr\u003eConversations with Two-Year-Olds\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Can my child observe conversational rules?\u003cbr\u003eBeyond Conversation: Telling the Stories of Our Lives Through Narratives\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does my child tell coherent narratives?\u003cbr\u003eUsing Language for Fun: Jokes and Pretense\u003cbr\u003eTry This: Does my toddler make jokes?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScientific Sleuthing Pays Off\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLesson 1. Constructing life stories with your child promotes narrative development\u003cbr\u003eLesson 2. There's more to storybooks than meets the eye\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue. Tying It Up: Language Development from Birth to Age Three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Far Have Children Gone?\u003cbr\u003eWhere Is the Child Going?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“This is a great book. It’s an important addition to any parent’s library.”—\u003cb\u003eT. Berry Brazelton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An in-depth study of language development during the first three years of life… The text is interspersed with activities readers can use to assess the specific development of their own children... useful and interesting to anyone involved with young children.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Crisp, clear, concise, often humorous. The contents are unusually substantive for a handbook targeted to parents, as the bibliography of scientific citations confirms. Important scientific results and their applications to daily life are highlighted as lessons under the heading ‘Scientific Sleuthing Pays Off’ and modified for use at home as ‘Try This’ exercises. A key resource for parenting collections.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberta M. Golinkoff, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e, is a professor in the departments of Educational Studies, Psychology, and Linguistics at the University of Delaware, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. She lives in Newark, Delaware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKathryn Hirsh-Pasek\u003c\/b\u003e is the Stanley and Debra Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in the Department of Psychology at Temple University and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her research examines the development of early language and literacy as well as the role of play in learning. With her long-term collaborator, Roberta Golinkoff, she is author of 14 books and hundreds of publications, she is the recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Bronfenbrenner Award, the American Psychological Association’s Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science, the Association for Psychological Science James McKeen Cattell Award, the Society for Research in Child Development, Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Child Development Award and the APA Distinguished Lecturer Award. 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