Represents some major approaches, some old and some new, to collecting language production data from children and young adults, but is not intended as a complete handbook. The 20 essays cover eliciting knowledge of language, gathering production data in naturalistic settings, developmental disorders, and adult disorders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
In this volume, which simultaneously honors the career contributions of Jean Berko Gleason and provides an overview of a broad and increasingly important research area, a panel of highly productive language researchers share and evaluate methods of eliciting and analyzing language production across the life span and in varying populations. Chapters address a wide variety of historical and evolving approaches to data collection for the study of morphosyntax, the lexicon, and pragmatics, both laboratory-based and naturalistic. Special concerns that arise in the study of atypical child development, aging, and second language acquisition are a focus of the discussion.
