TY - BOOK AU - Halliday,M.A.K. AU - Webster,Jonathan TI - The language of early childhood T2 - Collected works of M.A.K. Halliday SN - 082645870X AV - P118 .H297 2003 U1 - 401.93 21 PY - 2003/// CY - New York PB - Continuum KW - Language acquisition N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1; Infancy and protolanguage --; 1; Representing the child as a semiotic being (one who means) --; 2; Learning how to mean --; 3; Early language learning : a sociolinguistic approach --; 4; A sociosemiotic perspective on language development --; 5; The meaning and the construction of reality in early childhood --; 6; The ontogenesis of dialogue --; Pt. 2; Transition from child tongue to mother tongue --; 7; Into the adult language --; 8; The contribution of developmental linguistics to the interpretation of language as a system --; 9; On the transition from child tongue to mother tongue --; 10; A systemic-functional interpretation of the nature and ontogenesis of dialogue --; 11; The place of dialogue in children's construction of meaning --; Pt. 3; Early language and learning --; 12; Relevant models of language --; 13; The social context of language development --; 14; Three aspects of children's language development : learning language, learning through language, learning about language --; 15; Towards a language-based theory of learning --; 16; Grammar and the construction of educational knowledge ER -