Author: Ruth Beechick
Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
ISBN: 9780880621526
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oral language manual for parents and teachers of kindergarten and primary children.
Language and Thinking for Young Children
Author: Ruth Beechick
Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
ISBN: 9780880621526
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oral language manual for parents and teachers of kindergarten and primary children.
Publisher: Mott Media (MI)
ISBN: 9780880621526
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Oral language manual for parents and teachers of kindergarten and primary children.
Language in Mind
Author: Dedre Gentner
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262571630
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think has evoked perennial fascination and intense controversy. According to the strong version of this hypothesis, called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis after the American linguists who propounded it, languages vary in their semantic partitioning of the world, and the structure of one's language influences how one understands the world. Thus speakers of different languages perceive the world differently. Although the last two decades have been marked by extreme skepticism concerning the possible effects of language on thought, recent theoretical and methodological advances in cognitive science have given the question new life. Research in linguistics and linguistic anthropology has revealed striking differences in cross-linguistic semantic patterns, and cognitive psychology has developed subtle techniques for studying how people represent and remember experience. It is now possible to test predictions about how a given language influences the thinking of its speakers. Language in Mind includes contributions from both skeptics and believers and from a range of fields. It contains work in cognitive psychology, cognitive development, linguistics, anthropology, and animal cognition. The topics discussed include space, number, motion, gender, theory of mind, thematic roles, and the ontological distinction between objects and substances. Contributors Melissa Bowerman, Eve Clark, Jill de Villiers, Peter de Villiers, Giyoo Hatano, Stan Kuczaj, Barbara Landau, Stephen Levinson, John Lucy, Barbara Malt, Dan Slobin, Steven Sloman, Elizabeth Spelke, and Michael Tomasello
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262571630
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The idea that the language we speak influences the way we think has evoked perennial fascination and intense controversy. According to the strong version of this hypothesis, called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis after the American linguists who propounded it, languages vary in their semantic partitioning of the world, and the structure of one's language influences how one understands the world. Thus speakers of different languages perceive the world differently. Although the last two decades have been marked by extreme skepticism concerning the possible effects of language on thought, recent theoretical and methodological advances in cognitive science have given the question new life. Research in linguistics and linguistic anthropology has revealed striking differences in cross-linguistic semantic patterns, and cognitive psychology has developed subtle techniques for studying how people represent and remember experience. It is now possible to test predictions about how a given language influences the thinking of its speakers. Language in Mind includes contributions from both skeptics and believers and from a range of fields. It contains work in cognitive psychology, cognitive development, linguistics, anthropology, and animal cognition. The topics discussed include space, number, motion, gender, theory of mind, thematic roles, and the ontological distinction between objects and substances. Contributors Melissa Bowerman, Eve Clark, Jill de Villiers, Peter de Villiers, Giyoo Hatano, Stan Kuczaj, Barbara Landau, Stephen Levinson, John Lucy, Barbara Malt, Dan Slobin, Steven Sloman, Elizabeth Spelke, and Michael Tomasello
Language and Thinking in School
Author: Kenneth S. Goodman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Better Language and Thinking
Author: Rachel Salisbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Women Talk More than Men
Author: Abby Kaplan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110708492X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A detailed look at language-related myths that explores both what we know and how we know it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110708492X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A detailed look at language-related myths that explores both what we know and how we know it.
Language and Thought
Author: Nick Lund
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134457138
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal directed thinking and decision making, Nick Lund looks at the relationship between our grasp of language and our problem solving abilities. Different positions on the issues are contextualised and discussed in a way suitable for the AQA-A A-Level syllabus. Supplementary detail means that the book will also be valuable to other A-Level specification candidates and undergraduates coming to this area for the first time.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134457138
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal directed thinking and decision making, Nick Lund looks at the relationship between our grasp of language and our problem solving abilities. Different positions on the issues are contextualised and discussed in a way suitable for the AQA-A A-Level syllabus. Supplementary detail means that the book will also be valuable to other A-Level specification candidates and undergraduates coming to this area for the first time.
Cultural Models in Language and Thought
Author: Dorothy Holland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311687
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A multidisciplinary collaboration exploring the role of cultural knowledge in everyday language and understanding.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521311687
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A multidisciplinary collaboration exploring the role of cultural knowledge in everyday language and understanding.
Critical Thinking and Language
Author: Tim John Moore
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441157506
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441157506
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Talk on the Wild Side
Author: Lane Greene
Publisher: The Economist
ISBN: 1610398343
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Language is the most human invention. Spontaneous, unruly, passionate, and erratic it resists every attempt to discipline or regularize it--a history celebrated here in all its irreverent glory. Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel. From the utopian language-builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the programmer trying to teach a computer to translate, Lane Greene takes the reader through a multi-disciplinary survey of the many different ways in which we attempt to control language, exploring the philosophies, motivations, and complications of each. The result is a highly readable caper that covers history, linguistics, politics, and grammar with the ease and humor of a dinner party anecdote. Talk on the Wild Side is both a guide to the great debates and controversies of usage, and a love letter to language itself. Holding it together is Greene's infectious enthusiasm for his subject. While you can walk away with the finer points of who says "whom" and the strange history of "buxom" schoolboys, most of all, it inspires awe in language itself: for its elegance, resourcefulness, and power.
Publisher: The Economist
ISBN: 1610398343
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Language is the most human invention. Spontaneous, unruly, passionate, and erratic it resists every attempt to discipline or regularize it--a history celebrated here in all its irreverent glory. Language is a wild thing. It is vague and anarchic. Style, meaning, and usage are continually on the move. Throughout history, for every mutation, idiosyncrasy, and ubiquitous mistake, there have been countervailing rules, pronouncements and systems making some attempt to bring language to heel. From the utopian language-builder to the stereotypical grammatical stickler to the programmer trying to teach a computer to translate, Lane Greene takes the reader through a multi-disciplinary survey of the many different ways in which we attempt to control language, exploring the philosophies, motivations, and complications of each. The result is a highly readable caper that covers history, linguistics, politics, and grammar with the ease and humor of a dinner party anecdote. Talk on the Wild Side is both a guide to the great debates and controversies of usage, and a love letter to language itself. Holding it together is Greene's infectious enthusiasm for his subject. While you can walk away with the finer points of who says "whom" and the strange history of "buxom" schoolboys, most of all, it inspires awe in language itself: for its elegance, resourcefulness, and power.
The Stuff of Thought
Author: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101202602
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now. "Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." --The New York Times Book Review Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101202602
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
This New York Times bestseller is an exciting and fearless investigation of language from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature and The Sense of Style and Enlightenment Now. "Curious, inventive, fearless, naughty." --The New York Times Book Review Bestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitude and verbal eloquence that enables him to provide lucid explanations of deep and powerful ideas. His previous books - including the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate - have catapulted him into the limelight as one of today's most important popular science writers. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker presents a fascinating look at how our words explain our nature. Considering scientific questions with examples from everyday life, The Stuff of Thought is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable work that will appeal to fans of everything from The Selfish Gene and Blink to Eats, Shoots & Leaves.