...same forms of behavior in relation to themselves that others initially used in relation to them . . . With regard to our area of interest, we could say...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself . . . the mental function of the word, as Janet demonstrated, cannot be explained except through a...

...intramental plane is to analyze their intermental origins, a point that is reflected in his claim that "a sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself" (1981b, p. 157). Focusing more specifically on the sign system of language, he argued that "the primary...

...to Vygotsky's understanding of signs, or psychological tools, a fact reflected in such statements as "A sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself" (Vygotsky, 1981b, p. 157). In a similar vein he said of language, the most important mediational means...

...processes in this case emerges quite clearly in his analysis of the functions of language. He argued that "a sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself" (Vygotsky, 1981b, p. 157). And focusing more specifically on the sign system of language, he argued...

...other) can become internally directed (to regulate the behaviour of the self). As Vygotsky put it, "a sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself" (Vygotsky 1981: 157). In a later section I will be showing how advances in semiotic theory have enriched...

...Pierre Janet (1926-1927, 1928) to produce the following semiotic reinterpretation of the genetic law. interest, we could say that the validity of this law...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself. . . . the mental function of the word, as Janet demonstrated, cannot be explained except through a...

...same forms of behavior in relation to themselves that others initially used in relation to them ... A sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself . . . Any function in the child's culmral development appears twice, or on two planes. First it appears...

...development of a child. For example, in referring to the social versus individual pair, Vygotsky noted that 'a sign is always originally a means used for social...purposes, a means of influencing others, and only latter becomes a means of influencing oneself (Wertsch 1985: 92). Referentiality deals with the relationship...

...proposition of Vygotsky (1981a) is a logical elaboration of his general theoretical statement that "a sign is always originally a means used for social...only later becomes a means of influencing oneself" (p. 157). Therefore, "regulation of others' behavior by means of the word gradually leads to the development...