1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790347303321

Autore

Tough Joan

Titolo

The development of meaning : a study of children's use of language / / Joan Tough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-51073-7

1-280-77685-4

9786613687241

0-203-14751-0

1-136-51074-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Education

Disciplina

401.9

Soggetti

Children - Language

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1977 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includeds bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Development of Meaning; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part 1; 1. Introduction: The Language and Environment Project; 2. The Development of Language: from First Words to Complex Utterances; 3. The Development of Complexity within Children's Utterances; 4. Language and Meaning; 5. A Classification of the Uses of Language; 6. The Relational Function; 7. The Analysis of 3-Year-Olds' Use of Language; Part II; 8. Sampling the Language Used at 5 and 7 Years Old; 9. Interpreting Experiences; 10. Beyond the Concrete Present; 11. Language and Logical Thinking

12. Language and the Development of Moral Concepts13. Language and Disadvantage in School; 14. The Development of Meaning; Appendix; Table 1. Mean Age and Mean IQ of Groups and Subgroups at Time of First Recording; Table 2. Analysis of Lenth of Utterances; Table 3. Use of Complexity of Structure; Scoring Guide for Noun Phrase Index; Scoring Guide for Verb Complexity Index; Table 4. Analysis of Complexity in Noun ana Verb Phrases and of tho Use of Pronouns; Table 5. Analysis of the Use of Language by 3-Year-Olds; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates children's use of language and considers its implications for children's learning at home and at school. The author compares the language used by children from different social environments at the ages of three, five and seven and considers the different approaches that children take towards their school experiences. The book discusses the problems of studying children's use and development of language and in doing so looks at the implications of a number of theories. It uses theory in order to establish a useful framework which will help teachers to become aware of the

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962558003321

Titolo

Empires of Religion / / edited by H. Carey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008

ISBN

9786612259982

9781282259980

1282259989

9780230228726

0230228720

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (363 p.)

Collana

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies, , 2635-1641

Altri autori (Persone)

CareyHilary M <1957-> (Hilary Mary)

Disciplina

270.09171/241

Soggetti

Imperialism

Science - History

Great Britain - History

Philosophy - History

Religion - History

History, Modern

Imperialism and Colonialism

History of Science

History of Britain and Ireland

History of Philosophy

History of Religion

Modern History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Empires of Religion; Part I: Religious Metropoles; Part II: Colonies and Mission Fields: Greater Britain: Whiteness and its Limits; Part II: Colonies and Mission Fields: Friends of the Native? Universalism and Its Limits; Part III: Post-Colonial Transformations; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A sparkling new collection on religion and imperialism, covering Ireland and Britain, Australia, Canada, the Cape Colony and New Zealand, Botswana and Madagascar. Bursting with accounts of lively characters and incidents from around the British world, this collection is essential reading for all students of religious and imperial history.