Psycholinguistics Books

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11. Second-Language Acquisition

    Edited by Lourdes Ortega

    Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

    Second-language acquisition was born in the late 1960s as an interdisciplinary enterprise that borrowed equally from the feeder fields of linguistics, language teaching, child language acquisition, and psychology. Since then, it has expanded considerably in scope and methodology to the point that...

    Published December 13th 2010 by Routledge
12. Language and Cognition in Bilinguals and Multilinguals

    An Introduction

    By Annette M.B. de Groot

    Psycholinguistics – the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language – had a strong monolingual orientation during the first four decades following its emergence around 1950. The awareness that a...

    Published November 14th 2010 by Psychology Press
13. Language and Bilingual Cognition

    Edited by Vivian Cook, Benedetta Bassetti

    This innovative volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of the relationship between language and cognition with a focus on bilinguals. It brings together contributions from international leading figures in various disciplines and showcases contemporary research on the emerging area of bilingual...

    Published November 14th 2010 by Psychology Press
14. Recovery from Stuttering

    By Peter Howell

    Series: Language and Speech Disorders

    This book is a comprehensive guide to the evidence, theories, and practical issues associated with recovery from stuttering in early childhood and into adolescence. It examines evidence that stuttering is associated with a range of biological factors — such as genetics — and psychological factors —...

    Published November 8th 2010 by Psychology Press
15. The Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes

    Perspectives in Communication Disorders

    Edited by Jackie Guendouzi, Filip Loncke, Mandy J. Williams

    This handbook includes an overview of those areas of cognition and language processing that are relevant to the field of communication disorders, and provides examples of theoretical approaches to problems and issues in communication disorders. The first section includes a collection of chapters...

    Published September 6th 2010 by Psychology Press
16. Talking the Talk

    Language, Psychology and Science

    By Trevor A. Harley

    Language makes us human, but how do we use it and how do children learn it? Talking the Talk is an introduction to the psychology of language. Written for the reader with no background in the area or knowledge of psychology, it explains how we actually "do" language: how we speak, listen, and read....

    Published December 20th 2009 by Psychology Press
17. Expressing Oneself / Expressing One's Self

    Communication, Cognition, Language, and Identity

    Edited by Ezequiel Morsella

    Unlike any book before it, this volume embodies the state-of-the-art regarding the experimental study of human communication, by bringing together cutting edge findings from psycholinguistics, communication, cognition, neuroscience, language, and identity. Whether linguistic or nonverbal,...

    Published December 16th 2009 by Psychology Press
18. Language Acquisition

    Edited by Charles Yang

    Series: Critical Concepts in Linguistics

    This new addition to Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Linguistics, brings together the very best and most influential scholarly research in over half a century of language-acquisition research. The collection represents and reflects the interdisciplinary nature of the field, by...

    Published November 26th 2009 by Routledge
19. Phonology for Communication Disorders

    By Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller, Ben Rutter

    This textbook describes the approaches to phonology that are most relevant to communication disorders. It examines schools of thought in theoretical phonology, and their relevance to description, explanation and remediation in the clinical context. A recurring theme throughout the book is the...

    Published November 10th 2009 by Psychology Press
20. An Introduction to Bilingualism

    Principles and Processes

    Edited by Jeanette Altarriba, Roberto R. Heredia

    This important text provides a general overview of the methods and theories used in the broad domain of bilingualism. The unique interdisciplinary approach, which is reflected in the various topics covered, gives students a global picture of the field. Topics range from early childhood intellectual...

    Published January 6th 2008 by Psychology Press