Learning through language in early childhood
By: Clare Painter.
Series: Open linguistics series
Publisher: Cassell; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Language experience approach in education -- Longitudinal studies.; Language arts (Early childhood) -- Longitudinal studies.; Language acquisition -- Longitudinal studies.; Constructivism (Education) -- Longitudinal studies.
Description: "This book presents a rich naturalistic case study of one child's use of language from two-and-a-half to five years, drawing on systemic functional theory to argue that cognitive development is essentially a linguistic process and offering a new description and interpretation of linguistic and cognitive developments during this period."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-350) and index.