LINGUIST List 12.1165

Fri Apr 27 2001

Books: Psycholinguistics

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

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1. kap-listman, Psycholing: Vygotsky's Psychology-Philosophy by Dorothy Robbins.

Vygotsky's Psychology-Philosophy
A Metaphor for Language Theory and Learning
by Dorothy Robbins
Central Missouri State University, Warrenburg, USA, and International
Vygotsky Society, Moscow, Russia

COGNITION AND LANGUAGE: A SERIES IN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS 

This book is an introduction to Vygotsky and his theories of language
and second language acquisition. Employing a dual framework of
metatheory and metaphor, the author focuses on Vygotsky's
cultural-historical perspective (contrasted with the sociocultural
heritage more prevalent in the West) and its emphasis on history as
change and thought as related to action. Included also is a comparison
of Vygotskyan and Chomskyan theories of language and grammar.

CONTENTS

1. Background information on Vygotskian Theory and Vygotsky the man - 
 Introduction. 
2. Overview of L.S. Vygotsky's psychological-philosophical theory. 
3. Tools - Psychological Tools - Internalization - Signs. 
4. Chomskyan linguistics and Vygotskian semiotics. 
5. Universal Grammar - SLA - Grammar from a Vygotskian Position.
Conclusion. 
References. 
Author Index. 
Subject Index.

Hardbound, ISBN 0-306-46423-3, April 2001, 154 pp.
EUR 57.00 / USD 52.50 / GBP 36.00

URL of this book: http://www.wkap.nl/book.htm/0-306-46423-3


 
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