Perspectives on Language and Thought: Interrelations in Development - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521065445 ISBN 13: 9780521065443

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

From the time of birth through the early school years, young children rapidly acquire two complex cognitive systems: They organize their experiences into concepts and categories, and they acquire their first language. How do children accomplish these critical tasks? How do conceptual systems influence the structure of the language we speak? How do linguistic patterns influence how we view reality? These questions have captured the interest of such theorists as Piaget, Vygotsky, Chomsky and Whorf but until recently very little has been known about the relation between language and thought during development. Perspectives on Language and Thought presents current observational and experimental research on the links between thought and language in young children. Chapters from leading figures in the field focus on the acquisition of hierarchical category systems, concepts of time, causality, and logic and the nature of language learning in both peer and adult-child social interactions.

About this title

Book Description

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.

About the Author

Susan A. Gelman is the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan. She has authored more than one hundred publications on language and cognitive development and has received numerous honors and awards, including a J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship, a Distinguished
Scientific Award from the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, and a Boyd McCandless Young Scientist Award from Division 7 of the American Psychological Association. She also serves on the editorial board of several journals. Her research has been funded by
the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, the National Science Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521065445
• ISBN 13: 9780521065443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Gelman Susan A., Byrnes James P.