 | The Algebraic Mind
Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science
Gary F. Marcus
An attempt to integrate two theories about how the mind works, one that says that the mind is a computer-like manipulator of symbols, and another that says that the mind is a large network of neurons working together in parallel.
Cloth / February 2001
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 | The Algebraic Mind
Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science
Gary F. Marcus
An attempt to integrate two theories about how the mind works, one that says that the mind is a computer-like manipulator of symbols, and another that says that the mind is a large network of neurons working together in parallel.
Paper / March 2003
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 | Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use
Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions
Edited by John C. Trueswell and Michael K. Tanenhaus
The first steps toward merging the cognitive and social approaches to language processing.
Paper / December 2004
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 | Approaches to Studying World-Situated Language Use
Bridging the Language-as-Product and Language-as-Action Traditions
Edited by John C. Trueswell and Michael K. Tanenhaus
The first steps toward merging the cognitive and social approaches to language processing.
Cloth / December 2004
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 | Beginning to Read
Thinking and Learning about Print
Marilyn Jager Adams
Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that has divided theorists for decades over what is the "right" way to help children learn to read.
Cloth / March 1990
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| Categorization and Naming in Children
Problems of Induction
Ellen M. Markman
In this landmark work on early conceptual and lexical development, Ellen Markman challenges the fundamental assumptions of traditional theories of language acquisition and proposes a new notion of how children acquire categories.
Cloth / March 1989
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 | Categorization and Naming in Children
Problems of Induction
Ellen M. Markman
In this landmark work on early conceptual and lexical development, Ellen Markman challenges the fundamental assumptions of traditional theories of language acquisition and proposes a new notion of how children acquire categories.
Paper / May 1991
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| The Child's Theory of Mind
Henry M. Wellman
The Child's Theory of Mind integrates the diverse strands of this rapidly expanding field of study. It charts children's knowledge about a fundamental topic - the mind - and characterizes that developing knowledge as a coherent commonsense theory, strongly advancing the understanding of everyday theories as well as the commonsense theory of mind.
Cloth / July 1990
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| Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development
Frank C. Keil
In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank Keil provides a coherent account of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the representational nature of concepts and word meanings at all ages.
Cloth / August 1989
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| Conceptual Change in Childhood
Susan Carey
Conceptual Change in Childhood is a case study of children's acquisition of biological knowledge between ages 4-10.
Cloth / October 1985
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 | The Cradle of Knowledge
Development of Perception in Infancy
Philip J. Kellman and Martha E. Arterberry
Cloth / August 1998
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 | The Cradle of Knowledge
Development of Perception in Infancy
Philip J. Kellman and Martha E. Arterberry
In this comprehensive treatment of infant perception, Philip Kellman and Martha Arterberry bring together work at multiple levels to produce a new picture of perception's origins.
Paper / January 2000
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| From Simple Input to Complex Grammar
James L. Morgan
This book explores a new and important hypothesis for how young children might be able to learn a language from very simple sentences.
Cloth / November 1986
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 | Gavagai!
or the Future History of the Animal Language Controversy
David Premack
In this witty and fascinating book, Premack examines arguments over whether humans are unique because we can talk.
Paper / March 1986
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 | How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
Paul Bloom
This book requires no background in psychology or linguistics and is written in a clear, engaging style. Topics include the effects of language on spatial reasoning, the origin of essentialist beliefs, and the young child's understanding of representational art.
Cloth / February 2000
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 | How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
Paul Bloom
How children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes.
Paper / March 2002
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 | Language Creation and Language Change
Creolization, Diachrony, and Development
Edited by Michel DeGraff
The originality of this volume is in its comparison of various sorts of language development from a number of linguistic-theoretic and empirical
perspectives, using data from both speech and gestural modalities and
from a diversity of acquisition environments.
Cloth / June 1999
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 | Language Creation and Language Change
Creolization, Diachrony, and Development
Michel DeGraff
The originality of this volume is in its comparison of various sorts of
language growth from a number of linguistic-theoretic and empirical
perspectives, using data from both speech and gestural modalities and
from a diversity of acquisition environments.
Paper / March 2001
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 | Learnability and Cognition
The Acquisition of Argument Structure
Steven Pinker
In tackling a learning paradox that has challenged scholars for more than a decade, Pinker synthesizes a vast literature in linguistics and psycholinguistics and outlines explicit theories of the mental representation, learning, and development of verb meaning and verb syntax.
Cloth / September 1989
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 | Learnability and Cognition
The Acquisition of Argument Structure
Steven Pinker
In tackling a learning paradox that has challenged scholars for more than a decade - how children acquire argument structure - Steven Pinker synthesizes a vast literature in the fields of linguistics and psycholinguistics and outlines explicit theories of the mental representation, the learning, and the development of verb meaning and verb syntax.
Paper / August 1991
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