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The Sociogenesis of Language and Human Conduct
. Ed(S): Bain, Bruce (University Of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
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Description for The Sociogenesis of Language and Human Conduct
Hardback. Editor(s): Bain, Bruce (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada). Num Pages: 582 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2270.
Michael Cole To the unwary reader, even the table of contents of this book will appear incon gruous. What notion, let alone set of principles, could bring coherence to the follow ing concepts: playing peekaboo with small children, aging, human alienation, con versations with Uzbeki peasants, toolmaking, sexism, the world of the deaf, the ecology of hunting groups? After sfhe has had a chance to scan the entire set, the reader can see that this book seems to center on language. But it clearly is not a book about linguistics. It is about a notion that combines two other notions ... Read more
Michael Cole To the unwary reader, even the table of contents of this book will appear incon gruous. What notion, let alone set of principles, could bring coherence to the follow ing concepts: playing peekaboo with small children, aging, human alienation, con versations with Uzbeki peasants, toolmaking, sexism, the world of the deaf, the ecology of hunting groups? After sfhe has had a chance to scan the entire set, the reader can see that this book seems to center on language. But it clearly is not a book about linguistics. It is about a notion that combines two other notions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
582
Condition
New
Number of Pages
582
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306410413
SKU
V9780306410413
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