Introduction to psycholinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : understanding language science / / Matthew J. Traxler
| Introduction to psycholinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : understanding language science / / Matthew J. Traxler |
| Autore | Traxler Matthew J |
| Edizione | [[1st ed.].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (778 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Psycholinguistics
Language and languages - Physiological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4443-4459-5
9781405198622 (hbk) 1-283-27418-3 9786613274182 1-4443-4432-3 1-4443-4457-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 An Introduction to Language Science -- Language Characteristics -- Grammar, Language Origins, and Non-Human Communication Systems -- Language and Thought -- A Description of the Language-Processing System -- Summary and Conclusions -- 2 Speech Production and Comprehension -- Speech Production -- Articulation -- Foreign Accent Syndrome Revisited -- Speech Perception -- Summary and Conclusions -- 3 Word Processing -- The Anatomy of a Word: How We Mentally Represent Word Form -- Lexical Semantics -- Lexical Access -- Lexical Ambiguity Resolution -- The Neural Basis of Lexical Representation and Lexical Access -- Summary and Conclusions -- 4 Sentence Processing -- Models of Parsing: Two-Stage Models -- Models of Parsing: Constraint-Based Models -- Interim Summary -- Argument Structure Hypothesis -- Limitations, Criticisms, and Some Alternative Parsing Theories -- Parsing Long-Distance Dependencies -- Summary and Conclusions -- 5 Discourse Processing -- Construction-Integration Theory -- The Structure Building Framework -- The Event Indexing Model -- Causation, Cohesion, and Coherence in Discourse Encoding and Memory -- The Role of General World Knowledge in Discourse Processing -- Building Situation Models -- Inferencing: Memory-Based Account of Discourse Processing: Minimalist vs. Constructionist Inferencing -- The Neural Basis of Discourse Comprehension -- Summary and Conclusions -- 6 Reference -- Characteristics of Referents That Make Co-Reference Easier -- Characteristics of Anaphors That Make Co-Reference Easier -- The Relationship between an Anaphor and Possible Referents Affects Anaphor Resolution -- Binding Theory -- Psycholinguistic Theories of Anaphoric Reference -- Summary and Conclusions.
7 Non-Literal Language Processing -- Types of Non-Literal Language -- The Standard Pragmatic View -- Metaphor -- Why Metaphor? -- Metonymy and Underspecification -- Idioms and Frozen Metaphors -- Embodiment and the Interpretation of Non-Literal Language -- The Neural Basis of Non-Literal Language Interpretation -- Summary and Conclusions -- 8 Dialogue -- Gricean Maxims -- Dialogue is Interactive -- Common Ground -- Audience Design -- Effects of Listeners' Perspective-Taking on Comprehension -- Summary and Conclusions -- 9 Language Development in Infancy and Early Childhood -- Prenatal Learning -- Infant Perception and Categorization of Phonemes -- Solving the Segmentation Problem -- Statistical Learning and Speech Segmentation -- Interim Summary -- Learning Word Meanings -- Acquisition of Morphological and Syntactic Knowledge -- Summary and Conclusions -- 10 Reading -- Speed Reading? -- Eye Movement Control and Reading -- Oculomotor and Cognitive Control Theories of Reading -- Cognitive Processing in Reading I -- Cognitive Processing in Reading II: Visual Word Processing -- Dyslexia: Single-Deficit Models -- Dyslexia: Dual-Route and Single-Route Explanations -- Summary and Conclusions -- 11 Bilingual Language Processing -- Mary Potter and the Secrets of Bilingualism -- Languages Are Simultaneously Active During Comprehension and Production -- Models of Language Control in Bilingual Speakers -- Bilingualism and Executive Control -- Teaching Techniques and Individual Differences in Second Language Learning -- The Neural Bases of Bilingualism -- Summary and Conclusions -- 12 Sign Language -- Characteristics of Signed Languages -- Lexical Access in Sign Language -- Sign Language Acquisition and Language Evolution -- Reading in Deaf Signers -- The Neural Basis of Sign Language: Left-Hemisphere Contributions to Production and Comprehension. Does the Right Hemisphere Play a Special Role in Sign Language? -- The Effects of Deafness and Learning Sign Language on Cognitive Processing -- Cochlear Implants -- Summary and Conclusions -- 13 Aphasia -- Aphasiology: What Happens to Language When the Brain Is Damaged? -- Broca's Aphasia, Wernicke's Aphasia, and Syntactic Parsing -- Treatment and Recovery from Aphasia -- Summary and Conclusions -- 14 Right-Hemisphere Language Function -- Speech Perception and Production -- Word Processing -- Right-Hemisphere Contributions to Discourse Comprehension and Production -- Right-Hemisphere Contributions to Non-Literal Language Understanding -- What You Can Do with One Hemisphere -- Why Lateralization? -- Summary and Conclusions -- Plates -- Name Index -- Subject Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460921903321 |
Traxler Matthew J
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| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introduction to psycholinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : understanding language science / / Matthew J. Traxler
| Introduction to psycholinguistics [[electronic resource] ] : understanding language science / / Matthew J. Traxler |
| Autore | Traxler Matthew J |
| Edizione | [[1st ed.].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxi, 568 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 401/.9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Physiological aspects
Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
9781444344325
1444344323 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795966003321 |
Traxler Matthew J
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| Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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