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Olson, David R. 1972. Language use for communicating, instructing, and thinking. In Carroll, John B. and Roy O. Freedle, eds. Language comprehension and the acquisition of knowledge. V.H.Winston. pp. 139–167.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
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A rough characterization of two quite different uses of language is given. The developmentally prior one is the one underlying the ordinary use of language for communicating and instructing, the developmentally later one is the use of language in verbal activities such as justifying, propositional thinking, etc..