Psycholinguistics A Resource Book for Students

Name: Psycholinguistics A Resource Book for Students
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ISBN: 9780415276009

ISBN-10: 0415276004

ISBN-13: 9780415276009

Edition: 2003

Authors: John Field

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Psycholinguistics: *is a comprehensive introduction to psycholinguistic theory *covers the core areas of psycholinguistics: language as a human attribute, language and the brain, vocabulary storage and use, language and memory, the four skills (writing, reading, listening, speaking), comprehension, language impairment and deprivation *draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including a radio four interview, an essay written by a deaf writer, and the transcript of a therapy session addressing stuttering *provides classic readings by the key names in the discipline, including Aitchison, Deacon, Logie, Levelt and Bishop. The accompanying website to this book can be found…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.64" wide x 9.92" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Contents cross-referenced


List of figures


List of tables


Acknowledgements


A key to English phonemic symbols



Introduction: key concepts in Psycholinguistics



Psycholinguistics: what is it?



Language, speech and communication



Language and the brain



'Knowing' a word



Lexical storage and lexical access



The information processing approach



Writing systems



Decoding in reading



Issues in listening



Characteristics of speech



Long Term Memory and Schema Theory



Exceptional circumstances



Development: data



Data in Psycholinguistics



Animal communication



Localising language in the brain



Lexical form



Word association



Bottom-up and top-down processing



Writing at word level



Eye movements in reading



Categorical perception



Stages in the speaking process



Meaning representations



Language disorders



Exploration: analysis and reflection



The language studied in Psycholinguistics



Talking apes



Lateralisation in the brain



The meaning of 'meaning'



Models of lexical retrieval



Memory and language



The stages of writing



Skilled and unskilled readers



Listening in real time



A model of speaking



Inference



Deafness: a small-scale research study



Extension: Psycholinguistic readings



The goals of Psycholinguistics




The evolution of speech




Localisation and lateralisation revisited




Forming lexical categories




Lexical processing




Working Memory: an overview




Factors in skilled writing




Decoding versus 'whole word'




Locating word boundaries




Self-monitoring in speaking




Anaphor resolution




Two views of specific language impairment



Material for activities


Further reading


References


Glossary