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Arnheim, Rudolf – J Typogr Res, 1970
Describes language as a vehicle of thought severely limited by auditory, kinesthetic, and visual images, restricted to linear succession, and precariously linked to meaning by standardized labels. (MB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Imagery, Language Acquisition, Perception
Peer reviewedO'Reilly, Anne Watson; Painter, Kathleen M.; Bornstein, Marc H. – Cognitive Development, 1997
Study 1 explored associations between multiple measures of language and symbolic gesture development across ages 3 and 4; Study 2 measured more finely which aspects of language relate to the symbolic representation of actions with objects, and explored associations between symbolic gesture and general intellectual ability. Results showed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Intelligence, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedHerold, Arthur L. – Language Learning, 1983
Presents a rationale for undertaking the study of language. Views this study as a psychological investigation into how the self forms an identity of itself through its language, rather than how it is formed by its language. Thus, the structure of language is seen as a representational system, allowing a multiplicity of meanings. (SL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Language Universals
