Language in Cognitive Development: The Emergence of the Mediated Mind

by Katherine Nelson

Book Overview

Contemporary study of language and cognition in infancy and early childhood has received considerable, well deserved attention. However, little effort has been directed to the means by which language becomes a cognitive and communicative tool, as well as what the full implications of this development may be. This book highlights a transition from the study of language and cognition to that of language in cognition. It presents an integrative theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052162987X
• ISBN13: 9780521629874
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"