Language and Learning
Britton, James
ISBN 10: 0140154833 ISBN 13: 9780140154832
Published by Northwestern University Press, 1969
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From the moment children first speak and attach a sound to an object or a person, language plays a significant and central part in their development. Their speech is, of course, a means of communication - and yet the emphasis in this book is on the importance of speech, not to their listeners, but to themselves. It shows, for example, that much of children's behaviour consists of doing what they have told themselves to do - that the world they see and act in is a world largely called into existence by words of their own speaking.
About the Author: JAMES BRITTON is Emeritus Professor of Education, University of London. He is the author of Language and Learning (Penguin), and a selection of his essays, Prospect and Retrospect (Boynton/Cook), was published in 1982. He has also published several books for children.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Language and Learning
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition