Thought and Language (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lev Vygotsky
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Psychology/linguistics
- Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Linguistics
- Subjects: Language or languages, Children, Communication, Speech, Thought or thinking, Brain
Form and Content
Designed for the general reader, Lev Vygotsky’s Thought and Language is a proposed resolution of the materialist-idealist split in Soviet psychology of the 1920’s, a critical review of previous theories about the connection of language and thought, and an account of his and his colleagues’ experimental results that supported a new formulation of the interrelationship of thought and speech. The study takes the form of an assessment of major theories, both Western and Soviet, in psychology and linguistics, with references to literary theory....
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