{"product_id":"understanding-development-and-disorder-in-cantonese-using-language-sample-analysis-paperback-softback","title":"Understanding Development and Disorder in Cantonese using Language Sample Analysis - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnderstanding Development and Disorder in Cantonese using Language Sample Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e brings together 20 years of research on typical development and Development Language Disorder (DLD) in Cantonese. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book begins with a succinct overview of Cantonese, which is a popular variety of Chinese, a Sino-Tibetan language. The second chapter describes a new framework of the Grammatical Analysis of Cantonese Samples (GACS), which is developed on the basis of functionalist and usage-based theories of language and language development. The third chapter reports on a quantitative analysis, as well as a qualitative description of the development of Cantonese in preschool children using the GACS framework. The book ends with a chapter that presents the linguistic profile of a Cantonese-speaking child with DLD. It also illustrates how to make decisions on intervention targets on the basis of the grammatical and error analysis. The book provides a timely and important addition to the typological diversity of studies in both child language development and disorder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is informative for students and practitioners of speech and language therapy, students in early childhood education and Chinese linguistics and researchers in child language development and disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600503562478,"sku":"9780367424190","price":60.79,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/understanding-development-and-disorder-in-cantonese-using-language-sample-analysis-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}