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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144673903321

Titolo

Evaluating theories of language [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from disordered communication / / edited by Barbara Dodd, Ruth Campbell and Linda Worrall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Whurr Publishers, 1996

ISBN

1-282-37944-5

9786612379444

0-470-69913-2

0-470-69855-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DoddBarbara

CampbellRuth

WorrallLinda

Disciplina

616.855

Soggetti

Communicative disorders

Language acquisition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evaluating Theories of Language: Evidence from Disordered Communication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction   Words and nature; Chapter 1 Computational cognitive neuropsychology and acquired dyslexia; Chapter 2 From snarks to boojums: why are prosodic disabilities so rare?; Chapter 3 Underlying representations in the acquisition of phonology: evidence from 'before and after' speech; Chapter 4 Insights into language structure and function: some consequences of prelingual hearing loss

Chapter 5 Individual differences in cognitive function among normal subjects and their implications for cognitive neuropsychologyChapter 6 Symptoms of disorder without impairment: the written and spoken errors of bilinguals; Chapter 7 The role of subcortical structures in language: clinico-neuroradiological studies of brain-damaged subjects; Chapter 8 Cognitive neuropsychology and aphasia: a critical analysis; Chapter 9 Limitations of models of sentence production: evidence from



Cantonese data of normal and aphasic speakers; Synthesis; Index

Sommario/riassunto

One approach to the study of language has been to describe people whose ability to communicate is impaired. Some researchers have argued that it is possible to identify the component mental processes that contribute to the ability to communicate by describing the ways in which language can break down. Other researchers have expressed doubts about the extent to which data from impairment reflects normal language function. This volume reflects the problems of constructing theory of how the normal brain deals with language from data from impaired individuals from the perspective of a range of d