Learning Through Language (in Early Childhood) (Open Linguistics Series)

Painter, Clare

ISBN 10: 082645450X / ISBN 13: 9780826454508

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Through Language (in Early Childhood) (Open Linguistics Series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082645450X
• ISBN 13: 9780826454508
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Through everyday conversations and interactions, children utilize language to learn about the world and how to reason within it. In this book, Clare Painter presents a case study of one child's use of language from age 2-1/2 to 5. She examines the role of language development in interpreting the key domains of experience: the world of things, the world of events, the world of semiosis, and the construal of cause and effect. By tapping into systemic functional theories, Painter constructs a convincing argument that cognitive development is a linguistic process and that new linguistic possibilities can prepare a child for later learning in school.

About the Author

Clare Painter is at the University of New South Wales, Australia.