The Language of ChildrenThe Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
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Contents
Towards a sociocultural approach to language development | 6 |
Communication before language | 8 |
Mathematical understanding | 18 |
Summary | 30 |
Theorising the significance of play | 38 |
Summary | 58 |
Language routines | 68 |
Books before speech? | 73 |
Conclusions theories about child | 79 |
Vygotsky and his influence | 85 |
Further reading | 91 |
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actions and off-phone Activity Text adults alright appear appropriate babies beginning Beth Brian broken finger bye bye bye bye bye C's actions C's phone Callum Charles Darwin child language development children learn children's language Commentary communication Conor contexts conventions cultural Daddy Darren Dennis doctor early words emphasised Empty round brackets English example fine motor skills four syllables long hello Hello doctor hurt finger indicate short less indiscernible utterances interactions Jean Piaget K's phone talk Kathleen Kenner L-shaped room language learning Lev Vygotsky linguistic Look at Text M's speech meaning Megan multimodal Nadia Nathan Niamh off-phone talk particular phone M's phone to ear play with bricks Playdoh pretence play produced project Signs pronunciation realised recognise ring role semiotic sociocultural sounds specific speech into phone symbols talk C's telephone talk tooth fairy Transcription key understand Universal Grammar vocalisations Vroom vroom Vygotsky young children