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Nelson, Katherine.

Language in cognitive development : emergence of the mediated mind / Katherine Nelson. - New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1996. - xiv, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-403) and indexes.

Part I. Perspectives: 1. Language, cognition and culture in developmental perspective; 2. Emergence of human minds in evolution and development; 3. Evolution and development of the hybrid mind; Part II. Developing Representational Systems: 4. Early cognition: episodic to mimetic childhood in a hybrid culture; 5. The emergence of mediating language; 6. Memory in early childhood: the emergence of the historical self; 7. The emergence of the storied mind; Part III. Developing Conceptual Systems: 8. The emergence of the paradigmatic mind; 9. The emergence of the temporal mind; 10. The emergence of the projective mind; Part IV. Conclusions: 11. Collaborative construction of the mediated mind.

ISBN: 0521551234 (hardcover)

LCCN: 95039717

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Cognition in children.
Human information processing in children.
Children--Language.
Language acquisition.

LC Class. No.: BF723.C5 / N442 1996

Dewey Class. No.: 401.9 NEL