Research methods in child language : a practical guide / edited by Erika Hoff. [electronic resource] Hoff, Erika, 1951- Children Language. Language awareness in children. Language acquisition Age factors. Language acquisition Research Methodology. P118.3 .R47 2012 401/.93 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. This is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the methods researchers use to study child language, written by experienced scholars in the study of language development. Presents a comprehensive survey of laboratory and naturalistic techniques used in the study of different domains of language, age ranges, and populations, and explains the questions addressed by each techniquePresents new research methods, such as the use of functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) to study the activity of the brainExpands on more traditional research methods such as collection, transcription, and coding. Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (xviii, 362 pages, [4] pages of color plates) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444344035 eng Guides to research methods in language and linguistics