What is Lev Vygotsky?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Lev Vygotsky | image =Lev Vygotsky 1896-1934.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = 17 November 1896 | birth_place = [[Orsha]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = 11 June 1934 | death_place = [[Moscow]], [[USSR]] | citizenship = | nationality = Russian | fields = [[Psychology]] | workplaces = | alma_mater = [[Moscow State University]], | notable_students = [[Alexander Luria]] | known_for = | influences = [[Wilhelm von Humboldt]], [[Alexander Potebnia]], [[Alfred Adler]], [[Jean Piaget]], [[Max Wertheimer]], [[Wolfgang Köhler]], [[Kurt Koffka]], [[Kurt Lewin]], [[Kurt Goldstein]] | influenced = [[Vygotsky Circle]] | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | footnotes = | spouse = Roza Noevna Vygodskaia (nee Smekhova) }} '''Lev Vygotsky''' <ref>{{lang-ru|Лев Семёнович Вы́готский or Выго́тский}}, born Лев Симхович Выгодский (''Lev Simkhovich Vygodsky'')</ref> ({{OldStyleDate|17 November |1896|5 November }} – 11 June 1934) was a [[Russia]]n [[psychologist]]. He worked on [[child]] [[Developmental psychology|development]], [[Play (activity)|play]] and language. He also developed a [[holistic]] theory of human cultural and biosocial development.<ref>Daniels H. (ed) 1996. ''An introduction to Vygotsky''. London: Routledge.</ref><ref>Kozulin A. 1990. ''Vygotsky's psychology: a biography of ideas''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.</ref> Vygotsky's early death to [[tuberculosis]] left many manuscripts. Sorting them out has taken many years.<ref>The Collected Works of L.S. Vygotsky, 1987. [http://www.marxists.org/archive/vygotsky/collected-works.htm overview]</ref> ==''Thought and Language''== Perhaps Vygotsky's most important work was the inter-relationship of [[language]] development and [[thought]].<ref name=Lev>Vygotsky L. [1962] 2012. ''Thought and language''. MIT Press.</ref> This establishes the con