Vygotsky’s Psychology-Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Background Information on Vygotskian Theory and Vygotsky the Man

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   Pages 1-18

3. Overview of L. S. Vygotsky’s Psychological-Philosophical Theory

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   Pages 19-31

4. Tools-Psychological Tools-Internalization-Signs

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   Pages 33-79

5. Chomskyan Linguistics and Vygotskian Semiotics

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   Pages 81-114

6. Universal Grammar—SLA—Grammar from a Vygotskian Position

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   Pages 115-120

7. Conclusion

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   Pages 121-125

8. Back Matter

   Pages 127-144

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You hold in your hands a new book. Professor Dorothy Robbins dedicated it to one of the aspects of the cultural heritage of the famous psychologist L. S. Vygot­ sky. His activity (deyatelnost) was multifaceted. He had input into different fields of psychology: its methodology, psychology of art, pathopsychology, the psy­ chology of child and adolescent development, pedagogical psychology, general psychology, speech psychology, and other fields. Within his various activities he enriched not only psychology, but a variety of different sciences/academics­ pedagogics, defectology, psychiatry, literary critical theory, and linguistics. Some famous scientists feel that he left his mark in fields of various scientific areas that did not exist during his lifetime-such as psycho linguistics, semiotics, and cybernetics. Many psychologists and linguists conduct research in the spirit of his ideas that are contained within his approach of cultural-historical theory of human psy­ chological development, all created by Vygotsky as early as the 1920s and 1930s; these ideas have become popular among scientists in different countries in the last decades. The use of Vygotsky's theories, even beyond the frame of psychol­ ogy, turns out to be fruitful. I hope that this new book by Dorothy Robbins will help readers understand the deeper meaning of the scientific/academic research undertaken by my father and the scientific results that were obtained by him.

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• Thought
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• language acquisition
• linguistics

• Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, USA

  Dorothy Robbins

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