The Language and Thought of the Child
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The Language and Thought of the Child is a foundational book in developmental psychology in which Jean Piaget explores how children’s language use reflects and shapes their evolving cognitive structures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Language and Thought of the Child canonical | 2 |
| Le langage et la pensée chez l’enfant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Language and Thought of the Child Context triple: [Jean Piaget, notableWork, The Language and Thought of the Child]
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A.
Language, Thought, and Reality
Language, Thought, and Reality is a posthumous collection of essays by linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf that presents his influential ideas on how language shapes human thought and perception.
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B.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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C.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development is an 1883 work by Francis Galton that helped found the fields of differential psychology and eugenics by exploring the measurement and hereditary nature of human mental and physical traits.
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D.
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language
"The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language" is a seminal essay by linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf that articulates the idea that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ patterns of thought and behavior.
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E.
The Psycho-Analysis of Children
The Psycho-Analysis of Children is a foundational psychoanalytic work by Melanie Klein that established key concepts of child analysis and object relations theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Language and Thought of the Child Target entity description: The Language and Thought of the Child is a foundational book in developmental psychology in which Jean Piaget explores how children’s language use reflects and shapes their evolving cognitive structures.
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A.
Language, Thought, and Reality
Language, Thought, and Reality is a posthumous collection of essays by linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf that presents his influential ideas on how language shapes human thought and perception.
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B.
The Development of Language
The Development of Language is a widely used textbook in psycholinguistics and language acquisition that explores how children learn and develop language from infancy through later childhood.
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C.
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development
Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development is an 1883 work by Francis Galton that helped found the fields of differential psychology and eugenics by exploring the measurement and hereditary nature of human mental and physical traits.
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D.
The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language
"The Relation of Habitual Thought and Behavior to Language" is a seminal essay by linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf that articulates the idea that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ patterns of thought and behavior.
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E.
The Psycho-Analysis of Children
The Psycho-Analysis of Children is a foundational psychoanalytic work by Melanie Klein that established key concepts of child analysis and object relations theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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developmental psychology book ⓘ psychology book ⓘ |
| author | Jean Piaget ⓘ |
| contributedTo | understanding of preoperational thought ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| describedBySource | foundational work in developmental psychology ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive psychology
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developmental psychology ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how children’s language reflects cognitive structures
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how language use changes with age in children ⓘ role of social interaction in language development ⓘ transition from egocentric speech to socialized speech ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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scientific monograph ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
educational practice in early childhood
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theories of language acquisition ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
cognitive stages
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constructivist learning ⓘ egocentric speech ⓘ socialized speech ⓘ symbolic function ⓘ |
| influenced |
educational theory
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research on child language ⓘ research on cognitive development ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
constructivism
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epistemology ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
child language
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cognitive development ⓘ egocentrism in children ⓘ relationship between language and thought ⓘ socialized speech in children ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introduction of the concept of egocentric speech
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linking language development to cognitive stages ⓘ systematic observation of children’s speech ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Le langage et la pensée chez l’enfant
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linked to:
The Language and Thought of the Child
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| partOf | Piaget’s broader work on genetic epistemology ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
educators
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psychologists ⓘ researchers in child development ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | Piagetian theory of cognitive development ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
clinical interview with children
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naturalistic observation ⓘ |
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Subject: The Language and Thought of the Child Description of subject: The Language and Thought of the Child is a foundational book in developmental psychology in which Jean Piaget explores how children’s language use reflects and shapes their evolving cognitive structures.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: The Language and Thought of the Child
The Origins of Intelligence in Children
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The Language and Thought of the Child
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