CDEV 30 - Child Language Development (formerly offered as CHLD 30)

    Recent Professors
    Deborah Harris
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    45 students
    Difficulty
    6.5Demandingout of 10
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    This course will examine communicative and linguistic development of children, with emphasis upon development of oral language at various levels: vocabulary, sentences, discourse structures, and metalinguistic awareness. Children's knowledge of phonology, semantics, syntax, and pragmatics will be addressed, with attention to individual, gender, and cultural differences and special issues such as bilingualism. Empirical descriptions and contrastive theoretical approaches to language development will be covered.