
Names for Things
A Study in Human Learning
John Macnamara(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 23. February 1984
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-262-63092-4 (ISBN)
Description
The book is concerned with the child's acquisition of names (by which is meant words that refer to objects - including proper names, common nouns in some uses, and pronouns in some uses).
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Series
Edition
Revised
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-63092-4 (9780262630924)
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Person
John Macnamara is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science, McGill University.