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Author Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-

Title The language of early childhood / M.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan Webster
Published London ; New York : Continuum, 2004

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Description xiii, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
4 3/4 in
Series Collected works of M.A.K. Halliday ; v. 4
Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925- Works. 2002.
Contents Pt. 1. Infancy and protolanguage -- 1. Representing the child as a semiotic being (one who means) -- 2. Learning how to mean -- 3. Early language learning : a sociolinguistic approach -- 4. A sociosemiotic perspective on language development -- 5. The meaning and the construction of reality in early childhood -- 6. The ontogenesis of dialogue -- Pt. 2. Transition from child tongue to mother tongue -- 7. Into the adult language -- 8. The contribution of developmental linguistics to the interpretation of language as a system -- 9. On the transition from child tongue to mother tongue -- 10. A systemic-functional interpretation of the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue -- 11. The place of dialogue in children's construction of meaning -- Pt. 3. Early language and learning -- 12. Relevant models of language -- 13. The social context of language development -- 14. Three aspects of children's language development : learning language, learning through language, learning about language
15. Towards a language-based theory of learning -- 16. Grammar and the construction of educational knowledge
Notes Includes The complete 'Nigel transcripts' in Word format on CD-ROM
Issued with CD-ROM: Listening to Nigel : conversations of a very small child / M.A.K. Halliday (Linguistics Department, University of Sydney, 1984)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-381) and index
Notes System requirements fro accompanying CD-ROM: IBM compatible computer; Microsoft Word
Subject Children -- Language.
Language awareness in children.
Psycholinguistics.
Sociolinguistics.
Language acquisition.
Author Webster, Jonathan, 1955-
ebrary, Inc.
LC no. 2003043955
ISBN 082645870X hardback
0826488250 paperback
OTHER TI Ebrary Academic Complete Subscription Collection
Other Titles The complete 'Nigel transcripts.'