Thought and Language

Name: Thought and Language
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ISBN: 9780262720106

ISBN-10: 0262720108

ISBN-13: 9780262720106

Edition: 2nd (Revised)

Authors: Lev S. Vygotsky, Alex Kozulin

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Since it was introduced to the English-speaking world in 1962, Lev Vygotsky's highly original exploration of human mental development has become recognized as a classic foundational work of cognitive science. Vygotsky analyzes the relationship between words and consciousness, arguing that speech is social in its origins and that only as children develop does it become internalized verbal thought. Now Alex Kozulin has created a new edition of the original MIT Press translation by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar that restores the work's complete text and adds materials that will help readers better understand Vygotsky's meaning and intentions. Kozulin has also contributed an introductory…

Book details

List price: $39.00
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 8/2/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 351
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Vygotsky in Context



Note on the Title


Author's Preface



The Problem and the Approach



Piaget's Theory of the Child's Speech and Thought



Stern's Theory of Language Development



The Genetic Roots of Thought and Speech



An Experimental Study of the Development of Concepts



The Development of Scientific Concepts in Childhood: The Design of a Working Hypothesis



Thought and Word


Notes


References


Index