Abandoning Here-And-Now Language: Sensorimotor Development in the Acquisition of Persian as a First Language
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fatemeh Behjat
- Source
- Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 84:1417-1420
- Subject
- Object permanence
first language acquisition
sensorimotor period
First language
Language acquisition
language.human_language
Developmental psychology
Language development
language
Cognitive development
General Materials Science
object permanence
Psychology
Qualitative research
Persian
Sensorimotor period
Cognitive psychology
cognitive development
- Language
- ISSN
- 1877-0428
Going through the sensorimotor period of language development, children use words referring to objects not immediately present. This study aimed at finding out the extent of one- to two-year old Iranian children's abandoning here-and-now language. 15 children were selected from Talash Kindergarten in Shiraz as the participants. Their language and behavioural development was carefully observed and recorded for five months. The qualitative data analysis of the study indicated that infants having a greater mastery on object permanence are able to use words for objects not present in their immediate environment. Thus, the study supported Piaget's cognitive development in language acquisition.