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Publication details [#12682]

Painter, Clare. 1996. The development of language as a resource for thinking: a linguistic view of learning. In Hasan, Ruqaiya and Geoff Williams, eds. Literacy in Society. (Applied linguistics and language study). Longman. pp. 50–85.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

early childhood | language development1 | learning theory | literacy

Annotation

Through the description of some key aspects of language development and use in early childhood, the author outlines the way a theory of language development contributes to a theory of learning.