Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- Editors’ Introduction Contemporary Socio-Cultural Research
- Part I Theoretical and methodological issues
- Part II From nature to culture
- Part III From orientation to meaning
- Chapter 10 Acts of Psyche
- Chapter 11 Time and Movement in Symbol Formation
- Chapter 12 Object Use, Communication, and Signs
- Chapter 13 Network of Meanings
- Part IV Symbolic resources for the constitution of experience
- Part V From society to the person through culture
- Part VI From social culture to personal culture
- Part VII Making sense of the past for the future: memory and self-reflection
- General Conclusions: Socio-Cultural Psychology on the Move
- Index
Chapter 12 - Object Use, Communication, and Signs
The Triadic Basis of Early Cognitive Development
from Part III - From orientation to meaning
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
- Editors’ Introduction Contemporary Socio-Cultural Research
- Part I Theoretical and methodological issues
- Part II From nature to culture
- Part III From orientation to meaning
- Chapter 10 Acts of Psyche
- Chapter 11 Time and Movement in Symbol Formation
- Chapter 12 Object Use, Communication, and Signs
- Chapter 13 Network of Meanings
- Part IV Symbolic resources for the constitution of experience
- Part V From society to the person through culture
- Part VI From social culture to personal culture
- Part VII Making sense of the past for the future: memory and self-reflection
- General Conclusions: Socio-Cultural Psychology on the Move
- Index
Summary
Language acquisition is seen as having a plurality of functions that are themselves linked to a plurality of contexts beyond language without which its uses could not be understood. This chapter explains how the pragmatic perspective was introduced in early Cognitive development through the acquisition of language. In the study of early infancy, it is very common for objects to be treated as natural signs that lead to "natural and direct interpretations. The chapter discusses the Bruner's work in the 1970s, influenced by the philosophers of the linguistic turn. He introduced the idea of "pragmatic opportunism" which humans use when solving problems. Based on the work on triadic adult-infant-object interaction, the chapter highlights the importance of longitudinal, microgenetic and qualitative research, based on the processes of construction. The Peircien approach, which allows for the inclusion of objects and their uses within a semiotic reading, is also discussed.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology , pp. 257 - 276Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007
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