Names for Things: A Study of Human Learning - Couverture rigide

Macnamara, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0262131692 ISBN 13 : 9780262131698

Editeur : The MIT Press, 1982

Synopsis

The book is concerned with the child's acquisition of names (by which is meant words that refer to objects - including proper names, common nouns in some uses, and pronouns in some uses).

Four chapters in the book's first section, Matters Mainly Psychological, describe empirical observations that explore how a child copes with the fact that many different name-like words can be applied to a single object. A second major section, Matters Mainly Linguistic, contains chapters on phonology, the learning of grammatical categories, the definite and indefinite articles, and the plural. A third section, Matters Mainly Philosophical, focuses entirely on the complex issues of reference and meaning. A final chapter reflects on the implications of the book for developmental psychology.

An MIT Press/Bradford Book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John Macnamara is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, McGill University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262131692
• ISBN 13: 9780262131698
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible