CAS 220 - Speech and Language Development, 3 credit hours

Prerequisite(s): CAS 105, or consent of the instructor
Speech and language acquisition theory and stages from birth through adolescence. A variety of methods for analyzing syntax, semantics, pragmatics, morphology and phonology across the stages of development are discussed. Contributions of biological, social, cognitive and environmental factors on the process of language development are discussed. Information on language variation in multicultural populations is presented.