An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

ISBN-13: 9781138437739 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Danny Steinberg

Opis

Examines the psychology of language as it relates to learning, mind and brain as well as to aspects of society and culture. This work explores: how children learn to speak and read their native language; deaf language education; case studies of wild children and animals and what we can learn from these; and more.

Spis treści

1. First Language Learning by Children2. The Deaf and Language: Sign, Oral, Written3. Children Raised in the Wild and Isolation4. Reading: Fundamental Principles and Teaching5. Animals and Language Learning6. The Need for a Theory of Grammar7. Current Theories of Grammar and Speech Processing8. Relationship of Language to Thought and Culture9. Origin of Language Knowledge10. Language and the Brain11. Second Language Acquisition12. Teaching Methods and Bilingualism

O autorze

Friedrich Ungerer is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Rostock, Germany. Hans-Jörg Schmid is Professor of Modern English Linguistics at the University of Munich, where he has also initiated the Interdisciplinary Centre for Cognitive Language Studies (ICCLS).