The language of early childhood /
M.A.K. Halliday ; edited by Jonathan Webster.
- xiii, 415 p. ; 25 cm + 1 sound disc (12 cm)
- Collected works of M.A.K. Halliday ; v. 4 .
- Halliday, M. A. K. 1925- 2002 ; (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), Works. 4. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Infancy and protolanguage -- Representing the child as a semiotic being (one who means) -- Learning how to mean -- Early language learning : a sociolinguistic approach -- A sociosemiotic perspective on language development -- The meaning and the construction of reality in early childhood -- The ontogenesis of dialogue -- Transition from child tongue to mother tongue -- Into the adult language -- The contribution of developmental linguistics to the interpretation of language as a system -- On the transition from child tongue to mother tongue -- A systemic-functional interpretation of the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue -- The place of dialogue in children's construction of meaning -- Early language and learning -- Relevant models of language -- The social context of language development -- Three aspects of children's language development : learning language, learning through language, learning about language -- Towards a language-based theory of learning -- Grammar and the construction of educational knowledge. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 2. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Pt. 3. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.