Synopses & Reviews
For nearly half a century, Professor M. A. K. Halliday has been enriching the discipline of linguistics with his keen insights into the social semiotic phenomenon we call language. This ten-volume series presents the seminal works of Professor Halliday. This fourth volume contains sixteen papers that look at the development of early childhood language. They are presented in three parts: infancy and protolanguage; the transition from child tongue to mother tongue; and early language and learning. The sociolinguistic account of the early development of the mother tongue presented by Professor Halliday is based on his intensive study of the language of one particular child, Nigel, for the period from nine- to eighteen months. The complete 'Nigel Transcripts' are included as a CD with this volume. >
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The Language of Early Childhood is the fourth volume in the collected works of Professor M.A.K. Halliday. Eighteen papers looking at the development of early childhood language are presented over three sections: infancy and protolanguage; transition from childhood tongue to mother tongue; early language and learning. The sociolinguistic account of the early development of the mother tongue presented in Professor Halliday's works is based on his intensive study of the language of one particular child, Nigel, for the period from nine to eighteen months. The complete 'Nigel Transcripts' will also be included on CD with this volume.
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Part 1 Infancy and protolanguageEditor's Introduction1 Representing the child as semiotic being: meaning and moving in the earliest months of life2 Learning how to mean3 Early language learning: a sociolinguistic approach4 A sociosemiotic perspective on language development5 One child's protolanguage6 Meaning and the construction of reality in early childhood7 The ontogenesis of dialoguePart 2 Transition from child tongue to mother tongueEditor's Introduction8 Into the adult language9 On the development of texture in child language10 The contribution of developmental linguistics to the interpretation of language as a system11 On the transition from child tongue to mother tongue12 Language as code and language as behaviour: a systemic-functional interpretation of the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue13 The place of dialogue in childen's construction of meaningPart 3 Early language and learningEditor's Introduction14 Relevant models of language 15 The social context of language development16 Three aspects of children's language development: learning language, learning through language, learning about language17 Towards a language-based theory of learning18 Grammar and the construction of educational knowledge