Language and Language Acquisition
Language and Language Acquisition by F. Lowenthal is a scholarly work published by Springer US on November 26, 2012. This softcover reprint of the original 1st edition from 1982 spans 380 pages and is presented in English. The book captures the discussions from a 1980 conference held in Mons, Belgium, where researchers from diverse fields such as philosophy, psychology, and linguistics convened to explore various issues related to language and its acquisition.
Readers will find a collection of papers that reflect the lively debates among participants, showcasing differing perspectives within and across disciplines. The book includes summaries of discussion sessions, providing insights into how each researcher engaged with the topics presented. It also features a special session aimed at defining the concept of “language” and suggests that future studies should consider language and context together, proposing a framework of “CONTEXTUAL LINGUISTICS.” This edition serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in the intersections of language arts, linguistics, and historical and comparative studies.
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F. LOWENTHAL University of Mons Mons, Belgium In September 1980, researchers from many different countries and working in disciplines as varied as philosophy, psychology, neurology, mathematics, education, linguistics, sociology, and others we forget to mention, again met in Mons to discuss problems concerning Language and Language Acquisition. Conflicting opinions among researchers not only from different disciplines, but also within a same discipline, led to many a lively discussion. This book attempts to recreate the atmosphere of the conference, by reproducing the different papers, some of which were rewritten after the initial presentation and discussion-session, and by giving a summary of each discussion session to enable the reader to understand how each participant reacted. Obviously, we accept full responsibility for these summaries: we hope we have understood correctly what each participant meant. This also holds for the special session devoted to an attempt to define the concept of “language”. We suggest that further meetings should study language and context simultaneously, within the framework of a “CONTEXTUAL LINGUISTICS”.
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