Language Development

About our author Robert E. Owens, Jr., (“Dr. Bob”), PhD, is a New York State Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Communication Disorders and Sciences at the College of St. Rose where he teaches courses in language development and language disorders. In 2016 he received the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. He is the author of: Language Development, An Introduction (8 editions); Language Disorders, A Functional Approach (6 editions); Program for the Acquisition of Language with the Severely Impaired (PALS); Help Your Baby Talk, Introducing the New Shared Communication Method and Queer Kids, The Challenge & Promise for Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth. His Language Development text is the most widely used in the world and has been translated into Spanish, Korean and Arabic. He has also co-authored Introduction to Communication Disorders, A Life Span Perspective (5 editions), written a score of book chapters and professional articles and authored 2 as-yet unpublished novels which are sure to win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Owens is coauthor with Stacey Pavelko, PhD, of SUGAR, an easy, free, valid language sampling tool. In love with the sound of his own voice, Dr. Bob has presented over 225 professional papers and workshops around the globe. His professional interests are language disorders in infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are also some of his best friends. And he's a gran'pa!

The Territory
Describing Language
Neurological Bases of Speech and Language
Cognitive, Perceptual and Motor Bases of Early Language and Speech
The Social and Communicative Bases of Early Language and Speech
Language-Learning and Teaching Processes and Young Children
First Words and Word Combinations in Toddler Talk
Preschool Pragmatic and Semantic Development
Preschool Development of Language Form
Early School-Age Language Development
School-Age Literacy Development
Adolescent and Adult Language

APPENDICES

American English Speech Sounds
Major Racial and Ethnic Dialects of American English
Development Summary
Computing MLU
Background Grammar
Glossary References Author Index Subject Index