Vygotsky's mediational psychology: A new conceptualization of culture, signification and metaphor

Language Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-300

  Ghassemzadeh, Habibollah ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cultural models; Culture; Mediation; Metaphor; Signification; Signs

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244378522     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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