Knowledge and language /

How do people represent their knowledge about the world and use that knowledge for communication? This question is the central theme of this book. Among the aspects discussed in the first three sections are: the relationship between formal, logical descriptions of language, and psychological analyse...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Uniwersytet Warszawski. Psycholinguistic Unit, International Conference on Knowledge and Language
Other Authors: Kurcz, Ida, Shugar, G. W. (Grace W.), Danks, Joseph H.
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Amsterdam ; New York : North-Holland, ©1986.
Series:Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 39.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How do people represent their knowledge about the world and use that knowledge for communication? This question is the central theme of this book. Among the aspects discussed in the first three sections are: the relationship between formal, logical descriptions of language, and psychological analyses of language use; how knowledge interacts with language use; and childrens' acquisition of language in different countries. In the last two sections, the topics discussed include the complex relationships between the development, transmission, and comprehension of intention and meaning, the growth.
Item Description:Selection of papers originally presented at the International Conference on Knowledge and Language held in Jachranka near Warsaw in June 1984 and organized by the Psycholinguistic Unit, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 698 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780080866932
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9781282617827
9786612617829
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