Conceptual precursors to language
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Cognitive Precursors to Language
To answer both these questions people have turned to the work of Jean Piaget. And, more recently, they have also considered the writing of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Discussion of the relationship between cognition and the child’s emerging use of language generally makes reference to both Piaget and Vygotsky. Piaget’s work was drawn upon in early research on first words (e.g. Bates, 1979...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature02634