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The Development of Metalinguistic Abilities in Children

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  • © 1980

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Authors:
  1. David T. Hakes

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Language and Communication (SSLAN, volume 9)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • David T. Hakes
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Nature and Development of Metalinguistic Abilities

    • David T. Hakes
    Pages 21-40

  4. A Study of Children’s Metalinguistic Abilities: Method

    • David T. Hakes
    Pages 41-59

  5. A Study of Children’s Metalinguistic Abilities: Results and Discussion

    • David T. Hakes
    Pages 61-96

  6. Reflections on Reflecting on Language

    • David T. Hakes
    Pages 97-108

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 109-119
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Not very many years ago, it was common for language researchers and theorists to argue that language development was somehow special and separate from other aspects of development. It was a period when the "1 ittle 1 inguist" view of language development was common, and much discussion was devoted to develop­ mental "linguistic universals," in contrast to more broadly defined cognitive universals. It seemed to me at the time (and still does) that such views reflected more their promulgators' ignorance of those aspects of cognitive development most likely to provide illuminating parallels with language development than they did the true developmental state of affairs. Coming from a neo-Piagetian frame of reference, it seemed to me that there were striking parallels be­ tween the development of children's language comprehension abilities and the cognitive developmental changes occurring contemporaneously, largely during the period Piaget characterized as the preoperational stage. And, though more difficult to see even now, there appeared also to be developmentally earlier parallels during the sensory-motor stage.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    David T. Hakes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Development of Metalinguistic Abilities in Children

  • Authors: David T. Hakes

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Language and Communication

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67761-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-67763-2Published: 15 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-67761-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-620X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 120

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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