The Psychology of Language

This fully revised edition of the popular textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the psychology of language. It contains everything the student needs to know about how we acquire, understand, produce, and store language.

Auteur

Trevor A. Harley is Dean of Psychology and Chair of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He was an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, where he was also a PhD student, completing a thesis on slips of the tongue and what they tell us about speech production. He moved to Dundee from the University of Warwick in 1996. His research interests include speech production, how we represent meaning, and the effects of aging on language.

Résumé
Now in full colour, this fully revised edition of the best-selling textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the psychology of language for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers. It contains everything the student needs to know about how we acquire, understand, produce, and store language. Whilst maintaining both the structure of the previous editions and the emphasis on cognitive processing, this fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include:the latest research, including recent results from the fast-moving field of brain imaging and studiesupdated coverage of key ideas and modelsan expanded glossary more real-life examples and illustrations.The Psychology of Language, Fourth Edition is praised for describing complex ideas in a clear and approachable style, and assumes no prior knowledge other than a grounding in the basic concepts of cognitive psychology. It will be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of cognition, psycholinguistics, or the psychology of language. It will also be useful for those on speech and language therapy courses.The book is supported by a companion website featuring a range of helpful supplementary resources for both students and lecturers.

Contenu

Section A: Introduction 1. The Study of Language 2. Describing Language Section B: The Biological and Developmental Bases of Language 3. The Foundations of Language 4. Language Development 5. Bilingualism and Second Language Section C: Word Recognition 6. Recognizing Visual Words 7. Reading 8. Learning to Read and Spell 9. Understanding Speech Section D: Meaning and Using Language 10. Understanding the Structure of Sentences 11. Word Meaning 12. Comprehension Section E: Production and Other Aspects of Language 13. Language Production 14. How Do We Use Language? 15. The Structure of the Language System 16. New Directions. Appendix: Connectionism. Glossary. References. Author Index. Subject Index.