The Transition from Infancy to Language: Acquiring the Power of Expression - Hardcover

Bloom, Lois

 
9780521440318: The Transition from Infancy to Language: Acquiring the Power of Expression

Synopsis

In this important volume, Lois Bloom brings together her original theoretical and empirical work on early lexical development. She examines the expressive power children acquire as they begin to talk and analyzes their cognitive development, affect expression, and the social context for making the transition from prelinguistic expression to the expression of contents of mind.

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Book Description

Bringing together original theoretical and empirical work on early lexical development, this text examines the expressive power children acquire as they begin to talk. It analyzes cognitive development, affect expression and the social context for making the transition from prelinguistic expression.

About the Author

Lois Bloom (Ph.D., Columbia University, 1968) is an Edward Lee Thorndike Professor Emeritus pf Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests have centered on early language acquisition, in general, and the part played by developments in emotion and cognition, in particular, on language development.

Erin Tinker (M.A., New York University, 1990; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University, 1993) is a Learning Specialist at the Trinity School in New York City.

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9780521483797: The Transition from Infancy to Language: Acquiring the Power of Expression (Volume 0)

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ISBN 10:  0521483794 ISBN 13:  9780521483797
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995
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