Perspectives on Language & Thought: Interrelations in Development - Brossura

Gelman, Susan A.

 
9780521065443: Perspectives on Language & Thought: Interrelations in Development
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ISBN 10: 0521065445 ISBN 13: 9780521065443
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Sinossi

This book presents current observational and experimental research on the links between thought and language in such children.

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Descrizione del libro

Young children rapidly acquire two complex cognitive systems: They organize their experiences into concepts and categories, and they acquire their first language. This book presents current observational and experimental research on the links between thought and language in such children. It will interest researchers in developmental and cognitive psychology linguistics, cognitive science and education.

Contenuti

Part I. Introduction: 1. Perspectives on thought and language: traditional and contemporary views James P. Byrnes and Susan A. Gelman; Part II. Relations Between Word Learning and Categorization: 2. Acquisitional principles in lexical development Eve V. Clark; 3. The whole-object, taxonomic, and mutual exclusivity assumptions as initial constraints on word meanings Ellen M. Markman; 4. Convergences between semantic and conceptual organization in the preschool years Sandra R. Waxman; 5. Language and categorization: the acquisition of natural kind terms Susan A. Gelman and John D. Coley; 6. Theories, concepts, and the acquisition of word meaning Frank C. Keil; Part III. Logical, Causal, and Temporal Expressions: 7. Language and the career of similarity Dedre Gentner and Mary Jo Rattermann; 8. The matter of time: interdependencies between language and thought in development Katherine Nelson; 9. Constraints on the acquisition of English modals Marilyn Shatz and Sharon A. Wilcox; 10. Acquisition and development of if and because: conceptual and linguistic aspects James P. Byrnes; Part IV. The Role of Social Interaction: 11. The language of thinking: metacognitive and conditional words Ellin Kofsky Scholnick and William S. Hall; 12. Parent-child collaboration in young children's understanding of category hierarchies Maureen A. Callanan; 13. Beginning to talk with peers: the roles of setting and knowledge Lucia French, Marylou Boynton and Rosemary Hodges.

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Editore
Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione
2008
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0521065445
ISBN 13 
9780521065443
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
540
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
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Altre edizioni note dello stesso titolo

9780521374972: Perspectives on Language and Thought: Interrelations in Development

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521374979 ISBN 13:  9780521374972
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1991
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