1962 (Hanfmann & Vakar) Thought and Language
Lev Vygotsky
Thinking and Speaking
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Written: 1934
Source: Thought and Language.
Publisher: The M.I.T. Press, 1962;
Translated: Edited and translated by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar;
Transcribed: Andy Blunden;
HTML Markup: Andy Blunden.
Table of Contents:
Author's Preface
Chapter 1 - The Problem and the Approach
Chapter 2 - Piaget's Theory of Child Language and Thought
Chapter 3 - Stern's Theory of Language Development
Chapter 4 - The Genetic Roots of Thought and Speech
Chapter 5 - An Experimental Study of Concept Formation
Chapter 6 - The Development of Scientific Concepts in Childhood
(excerpt) - Written, Inner and Oral Speech
Chapter 7 - Thought and Word
“Each word is therefore already a generalisation. Generalisation is a verbal act of thought and reflects reality in quite another way than sensation and perception reflect it.” Problem & Approach
Jean Piaget:
Construction of Reality in the Child, 1955
Comment by Piaget on Vygotsky's Thinking and Speaking, 1962
Genetic Epistemology, 1968
Further reading:
Psychology and Marxism Subject Archive
The Work of the Cerebral Hemispheres, Pavlov 1924
