The Child’s Conception of Language by A Sinclair

The Child’s Conception of Language by A Sinclair

It is obvious that the growing child manifests an increasing understanding of his language and facility to use it. A major part of the child lan- guage literature is concerned with the child's developing linguistic and communicative competence. Scattered evidence also shows, however, that children become progressively more aware of language as Zanguage. It is interesting to consider in what ways the internal structure and mechanisms of language become more accessible. Little is known about linguistic aware- ness of this kind, the role it plays, or how it develops. When the new Projektgruppe fUr Psycholinguistik of the Max-Planck- Gesellschaft was founded, the child's conception .of language, in analogy to Piaget's child's conception of the physical world, become one of the research unit's topics of study. As previous work on linguistic awareness was largely amorphous, we first organized a kind of conference workshop with some of those who had worked in the area. The aims of this meeting were to map out the field of study, detail the phenomena of interest, and define major theoretical issues. The meeting took place just after the creation of the project group, on May 3-7, 1977. The participants were psychologists and linguists who had either published work on metalinguistic issues in child language, or who could be expected to contribute substantially to the discussion. This book is a direct outcome of that conference, though it is not a complete reflection of the papers presented, or of the discussion that took place.

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ISBN 13	9783642671579
ISBN 10	3642671578
Title	The Child’s Conception of Language
Author	A Sinclair
Series	Springer Series In Language And Communication
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer
Year published	2011-10-18
Number of pages	268
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