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Halliday, M. A. K. – 1990
From the beginning of life, a child's acts of meaning are joint constructions, enacted through dialogue between himself and a significant other by reference to whom he is achieving a personal identity. When the child begins to control his material environment, he begins the transition to systematic symbolic construction. At the same time, he is…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition
