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@article{citeulike:4453707, abstract = {The premise of this article is that cognitive development involves both conceptual and semiotic achievements. From this perspective, the authors emphasize the distinctness of the semiotic issues and develop a differentiated appreciation of semiotic aspects of cognition, particularly in the field of elementary mathematical cognition. The authors provide semiotic analyses of the differences between counting, adding, and multiplying and of the conventional place-value sign system. The authors introduce the concept of the field of reference of a sign, the differentiation of the field into foreground and background, and the dynamics within the field of reference. Finally, the authors relate these ideas to the dynamics between two dimensions of semiotic relations: the sign-referent dimension and the sign-sign dimension.}, author = {Becker, J. and Varelas, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {4453707}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8356184}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=8356184}, issn = {0033-295X}, journal = {Psychological review}, keywords = {cognition, math, semiotics, symbol, symbol\_system}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {420--431}, posted-at = {2009-05-03 07:10:43}, priority = {5}, title = {Semiotic aspects of cognitive development: illustrations from early mathematical cognition.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8356184}, volume = {100}, year = {1993} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4453707 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4453707 N2 - The premise of this article is that cognitive development involves both conceptual and semiotic achievements. From this perspective, the authors emphasize the distinctness of the semiotic issues and develop a differentiated appreciation of semiotic aspects of cognition, particularly in the field of elementary mathematical cognition. The authors provide semiotic analyses of the differences between counting, adding, and multiplying and of the conventional place-value sign system. The authors introduce the concept of the field of reference of a sign, the differentiation of the field into foreground and background, and the dynamics within the field of reference. Finally, the authors relate these ideas to the dynamics between two dimensions of semiotic relations: the sign-referent dimension and the sign-sign dimension. IS - 3 JF - Psychological review SN - 0033-295X EP - 431 TI - Semiotic aspects of cognitive development: illustrations from early mathematical cognition. VL - 100 SP - 420 KW - cognition KW - math KW - semiotics KW - symbol KW - symbol_system AU - Becker, J AU - Varelas, M PY - 1993/07// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8356184 ER -