Piagetian and Vygotskian Approaches to Language Acquisition

Human Development

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intention; Language; Piaget; Sensorimotor development; Social cognition; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742543355     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000278478     Document Type: Article

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