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1. An Emergence Approach to Speech Acquisition

   Doing and Knowing

   By Barbara L. Davis, Lisa M. Bedore

   The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors for communicating ideas through language and producing speech. A child’s acquisition of phonology is seen...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Twenty-First Century Psycholinguistics

   Four Cornerstones

   Edited by Anne Cutler

   Psycholinguistics is an interdisciplinary field, and hence relationships are at its heart. First and foremost is the relationship between its two parent disciplines, psychology and linguistics, a relationship which has changed and advanced over the half century of the field's independent existence....

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
3. Speech Recognition in Adverse Conditions

   Explorations in Behaviour and Neuroscience

   Edited by Sven Mattys, Ann Bradlow, Matthew Davis, Sophie Scott

   Series: Special Issues of Language and Cognitive Processes

   Speech recognition in ‘adverse conditions’ has been a familiar area of research in computer science, engineering, and hearing sciences for several decades. In contrast, most psycholinguistic theories of speech recognition are built upon evidence gathered from tasks performed by healthy listeners on...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Psychology Press
4. Pointing

   Where Language, Culture, and Cognition Meet

   Edited by Sotaro Kita

   Pointing has captured the interest of scholars from various fields who study communication. However, ideas and findings have been scattered across diverse publications in different disciplines, and opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange have been very limited. The editor's aim is to provide...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
5. Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages

   Edited by Karen Emmorey

   Classifier constructions are universal to sign languages and exhibit unique properties that arise from the nature of the visual-gestural modality. The major goals are to bring to light critical issues related to the study of classifier constructions and to present state-of-the-art linguistic and...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
6. From Orthography to Pedagogy

   Essays in Honor of Richard L. Venezky

   Edited by Thomas R. Trabasso, John P. Sabatini, Dominic W. Massaro, Robert Calfee

   From Orthography to Pedagogy pays tribute to Richard L. Venezky's work and influence on reading, linguistics, and computer science. This book catalogs findings related to speech and language development, reading and spelling's role in infant speech development, and the present and future advances...

   Published February 4th 2013 by Psychology Press
7. Figurative Language Comprehension

   Social and Cultural Influences

   Edited by Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz

   Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
8. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications

   Edited by Tina M. Lowrey

   The field of psycholinguistics and the application of psycholinguistic theory to advertising and marketing communication has become a topic of great prominence in the field of consumer behavior. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications is the first book to address the growing research...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Psychology Press
9. Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society

   Implications of the Work of Jack Goody

   Edited by David R. Olson, Michael Cole

   Inspired by the seminal work of Jack Goody, a historical anthropologist specializing in the study of social structure and change, Technology, Literacy, and the Evolution of Society gathers diverse perspectives of 20 distinguished historians, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators to address...

   Published December 4th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. Language and Action in Cognitive Neuroscience

    Edited by Yann Coello, Angela Bartolo

    Series: Contemporary Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience

    This book collates the most up to date evidence from behavioural, brain imagery and stroke-patient studies, to discuss the ways in which cognitive and neural processes are responsible for language processing. Divided into six sections, the edited volume presents arguments from evolutionist,...

    Published November 4th 2012 by Psychology Press