Conventionality in cognitive development
Subtitle: how children acquire shared representations in language, thought and action
By: Chuck W. Kalish, Mark A. Sabbagh editors.
Contributors: Kalish, Charles W.; Sabbagh, Mark A.
Series: New directions for child and adolescent development -- no. 115; Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Child development; Cognition in children
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Conventionality and cognitive development : learning to think the right way -- Charles W. Kalish, Mark A. Sabbagh; title: Conventionality and contrast in language and language acquisition -- Eve V. Clark; title: How an appreciation of conventionality shapes early word learning -- Mark A. Sabbagh, Annette M.E. Henderson; title: Pragmatic and prescriptive aspects of children's categorization -- Charles W. Kalish; title: Play, games, and the development of collective intentionality -- Hannes Rakoczy; title: The role of information about about "Convention." "Design," and "Goal" in representing artificial kinds -- Tim P. German, Danielle Truxaw, Margaret Anne Defeyter; title: Conventionality in family conversations about everyday objects -- Maureen A. Callanan, Deborah R. Siegel, Megan R. Luce.