Introducing Language and Cognition: A Map of the Mind

ISBN-13: 9781316606704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 242 str.

Mike Sharwood Smith

Opis

This book offers something unique - a perspective of mind and language where diverse topics are carefully integrated within one framework.

Recenzje

'This wide-ranging book integrates research and theory from different fields and provides a lively, current, and informed description of language from Sharwood Smith's unique perspective on modularity. The book offers much material for advanced students and researchers to discuss and debate crucial issues around language in the mind. It is a welcome addition to research and teaching for everyone working in the language sciences.' Ellen Bialystok, York University

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Mechanisms of the Mind: 1. The basic design; 2. Perception; 3. Motion; 4. Meaning; 5. Affect; 6. Memory, processing and activation; 7. Consciousness and attention; 8. Developing knowledge and ability; Part II. Language(s) in the Mind: 9. Defining language; 10. The core system; 11. Language beyond the core; 12. Two ways of knowing a language; 13. Language and affect; 14. Language development in the monolingual; 15. Becoming multilingual.