Language acquisition and conceptual development. (Language and Linguistics).

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | March 1, 2002| | Copyright

BOWERMAN, MELISSA & STEPHEN C. LEVINSON (eds). Language acquisition and conceptual development. xi, 602 pp., tables, diagrs., illus., bibliogrs. Cambridge: Univ. Press, 2001. [pounds sterling]42.50 (cloth), [pounds sterling]15.95 (paper)

'How do we know what we know, and what are the mental prerequisites that make such knowledge possible? There is no better way to study these ancient epistemological questions than to study how children learn to speak', claim the authors of this chunky book, which brings together two strands of investigation that have moved apart in ...

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