An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

Danny Steinberg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

1993
Longman (Verlag)
978-0-582-05982-5 (ISBN)

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An introduction to psycholinguistics which shows how the area relates to psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education. It introduces essential concepts of the sub-fields of psycholinguistics and covers contemporary research and issues, enabling the student to conduct enquiries independently.

This book is a thorough introduction to psycholinguistics, and shows how the area relates to psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education. It focuses on how young children acquire language and demonstrates how sign language helps us to gain a deeper understanding of the acquisition process. It also explores more complex and challenging topics such as mental grammar and sentence processing, the relationship of language to thought and culture to the brain. Other topics include second language acquisition processes, teaching methods and the cognitive impact of bilingualism.

Preface Acknowledgements PART 1: FIRST LANGUAGE 1. How children learn language 2. Animals and language 3. Wild children and language 4. Sign language, written language and the deaf PART 2: LANGUAGE AND MIND 5. Mental grammar 6. Sentence processing and psychological reality 7. Language: from intelligence or innate ideas? 8. Language, thought and culture 9. Language and the brain PART 3: SECOND LANGUAGE 10. Children vs adults in second-language acquisition 11. Second-language teaching 12. Bilingualism and cognition Author index. Subject index.

Reihe/Serie	Learning About Language
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 216 mm
Gewicht	312 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-582-05982-8 / 0582059828
ISBN-13	978-0-582-05982-5 / 9780582059825
Zustand	Neuware