Karmiloff-Smith, Annette Dionne

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KARMILOFF-SMITH, Annette Dionne

KARMILOFF-SMITH, Annette Dionne. British/French, b. 1938. Genres: Language/Linguistics, Psychology. Career: American University of Beirut, Lebanon, associate in psychology and research consultant at UNWRA/UNESCO Institute of Education, 1970-72; research collaborator of Jean Piaget at Centre International d'Epistemologie Genetique, Geneva, 1972-78; Geneva University, director of studies, 1979-80; Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands, research associate, 1979-82; Medical Research Council, London, England, senior scientist in Cognitive Development Unit, 1982-98; Institute of Child Health, professor and head of Neurocognitive Development Unit, 1998-. Visiting professor at US and European universities. British Academy, fellow, 1993; Academy of Medical Sciences, fellow, 1999. Publications: A Functional Approach to Child Language, 1979; (with W.M. Levelt and A. Mills) Child Language Research in ESF Countries, 1981; Beyond Modularity, 1992; Baby It's You, 1994; (with J. Elman and others) Rethinking Innateness; (with K. Karmiloff) Everything Your Baby Would Ask, if Only He or She Could Talk, 1999; (with K. Karmiloff) Pathways to Language, 2001. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Address: Neurocognitive Development Unit, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guildford St, London WC1N 1EH, England. Online address: [email protected]