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Thought and language., Edited and translated by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159)

no index present

non fiction

Thought and language.

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Edited and translated by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar

Studies in communication

"The present volume ties together one major phase of Vygotsky's work, and though its principal theme is the relation of thought and language, it is more deeply a presentation of a highly original and thoughtful theory of intellectual development. Vygotsky's conception of development is at the same time a theory of education. The book is, in many ways, more programmatic than systematic. It is at times distressingly swift in coming to conclusions that are reasonable in that special twilight shed by commonsense observation. But even then, the common sense Vygotsky brings to his task is not from the armchair but from incessant observation of children learning to talk and learning to solve problems. Vygotsky's untimely death cut off a developing stream of experiments; yet his work is only now beginning to be reflected in the vigorous activity of contemporary Soviet psychologists and linguists. This book includes a comment section at the end by Jean Piaget." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

The problem and the approach -- Piaget's theory of child language and thought -- Stern's theory of language development -- The genetic roots of thought and speech -- An experimental study of concept formation -- The development of scientific concepts in childhood -- Thought and word