A Functional Approach to Child Language: A Study of Determiners and Reference (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 24) - Hardcover

Karmiloff-Smith, Annette

 
9780521224161: A Functional Approach to Child Language: A Study of Determiners and Reference (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 24)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521224160 ISBN 13: 9780521224161
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1979

Synopsis

When A Functional Approach to Child Language first appeared in hardback in 1979, it was quickly recognized as a research report of the first rank and a timely, critical exposition of Piaget's views on language and thought. Whilst accepting the fundamental importance of Piaget's epistemology, the author argues that language acquisition will only be adequately explained if such an epistemology is explicitly focused on children's constructive interaction with their linguistic environment. In her own experimental work on referential expressions, Dr Karmiloff-Smith is concerned with the problem of ad-hoc experiment-generated behaviour and the analysis of children's normal language procedures. The results are carefully analysed and have significant theoretical implications. The volume as a whole makes a substantial contribution to child language studies and will be of interest to students of linguistics and of developmental and experimental psychology, and to those following advanced courses in language acquisition and child development.

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Review

' ... a thought provoking book which raises several critical issues about the methodology and findings of research into linguistic and cognitive development ... I am sure many will wish to study this book which should be essential reading for those researching into linguistic development.' British Journal of Psychology

Book Description

When this volume first appeared in hardback in 1979, it was quickly recognized as a research report of the first rank and a timely, critical exposition of Piaget's view on language and thought. The focus of the work is on children's constructive interaction with their linuistic environment.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521224160
ISBN 13 
9780521224161
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
268

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