Bringing Back the Child : Language Development after Extreme Deprivation (Children and Childhoods 4).
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Children and Childhoods ; v.4 .
- Children and Childhoods .
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- TRANSCRIPTION CONVENTIONSFOR CONVERSATIONAL DATA -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- SUBJECT INDEX.
This book presents a unique, multi-faceted investigation of the language abilities of three older adopted Romanian orphans who experienced extreme deprivation in their early years. Serena, Gabrielle and Ingrid were aged 7 years, 6 years and nearly 4 years, respectively, when rescued by UK families from the orphanages where they were placed at or around their birth. In these institutions, an absence of social and psychological stimulation, nutritious food and physical exercise had left them co.
9781443870122
Children -- Language. Children -- Language -- Ability testing.