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What's new about social construction? Distinct roles needed for language and communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2004

Janet Wilde Astington
Janet Wilde Astington*
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canadahttp://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~jwastington/
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Abstract:

Carpendale & Lewis's (C&L's) theory falls in with an existing set of theories that children's understanding of mind is collaboratively constructed in linguistically mediated social interaction. This social constructivist view needs to be clear about the complementary contributions of the child and of the social environment. I distinguish between the child's individual linguistic ability and the dyad's social communication, proposing that each makes a contribution to theory-of-mind development, differently balanced in different individuals.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , February 2004 , pp. 96 - 97
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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