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Publication details [#23044]

Olson, David R. and Nancy Torrance. 1987. Language, literacy and mental states. Discourse Processes 10 (2) : 157–167.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

first language acquisition | linguistic action verb | mental state

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

Through a study of preschool children's use of verbs of saying and meaning, the authors argue that, as children work out distinctions appropriate to language, they are at the same time working out concepts for thinking about the world.