'I Don't Know': Children's Early Talk About Knowledge. (June 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- 'I Don't Know': Children's Early Talk About Knowledge. (June 2017)
- Main Title:
- 'I Don't Know': Children's Early Talk About Knowledge
- Authors:
- Harris, Paul L.
Yang, Bei
Cui, Yixin - Abstract:
- Abstract: Children's utterances from late infancy to 3 years of age were examined to infer their conception of knowledge. In Study 1, the utterances of two English‐speaking children were analysed and in Study 2, the utterances of a Mandarin‐speaking child were analysed – in both studies, for their use of the verb know . Both studies confirmed that know and not know were used to affirm, query or deny knowledge, especially concerning an ongoing topic of conversation. References to a third party were rare. By implication, 2‐year‐olds have a conception of knowledge that underpins their exchange of information in conversation. Implications for the child's developing theory of mind are discussed.
- Is Part Of:
- Mind & language. Volume 32:Number 3(2017:Jun.)
- Journal:
- Mind & language
- Issue:
- Volume 32:Number 3(2017:Jun.)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 32, Issue 3 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0032-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 283
- Page End:
- 307
- Publication Date:
- 2017-06
- Subjects:
- Psycholinguistics -- Periodicals
Thought and thinking -- Periodicals
Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Periodicals
153.42 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0017 ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/mila.12143 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0268-1064
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- Legaldeposit
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