The Language of Children (Intertext Series)

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A core introduction to language analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.

The Language of Children:
*introduces the key theories of language acquisition and provides a historical overview of the subject
*looks at all the ways children learn to communicate, from writing and talking to playing and using computers
*includes a wide variety of real texts and data, from children's hand-written stories to emails and records of babies' first words
*explores the language of children from a range of backgrounds and abilities, including deaf and bilingual children
*is user-friendly and accessible, and provides a full glossary.