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Publication details [#7960]

Rice, Mabel. 1984. Cognitive aspects of communicative development. In Schiefelbusch, Richard L. and Joanne Pickar, eds. The acquisition of communicative competence. University Park Press. pp. 141–189.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

categorization in child language | cognitive development | early intervention | mental representation, L1-acquisition of

Annotation

In this overview of the relationships between cognition and language, R. uses 'mental representation' and 'categorization' to explain the child's emerging concepts. Implications for intervention with children having difficulty acquiring language, are discussed.