The Psychology of Language: From Data to Theory

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface to the Second Edition x
• How to Use This Book xiii
• Section A - Introduction 1
• 1 - The Study of Language 3
• 2 - Describing Language 27
• Section B - The Biological and Developmental Bases of Language 45
• 3 - The Foundations of Language 47
• 4 - Language Development 91
• 5 - Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition 131
• Section C - Word Recognition 139
• 6 - Recognizing Visual Words 141
• 7 - Reading 179
• 8 - Understanding Speech 219
• Section D - Meaning and Beyond 243

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface to the Second Edition x
• How to Use This Book xiii
• Section A - Introduction 1
• 1 - The Study of Language 3
• 2 - Describing Language 27
• Section B - The Biological and Developmental Bases of Language 45
• 3 - The Foundations of Language 47
• 4 - Language Development 91
• 5 - Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition 131
• Section C - Word Recognition 139
• 6 - Recognizing Visual Words 141
• 7 - Reading 179
• 8 - Understanding Speech 219
• Section D - Meaning and Beyond 243
• 9 - Understanding the Structure of Sentences 245
• 10 - Word Meaning 275
• 11 - Comprehension 311
• Section E - Production and Other Aspects of Language 347
• 12 - Language Production 349
• 13 - The Structure of the Language System 391
• 14 - New Directions 405
• Appendix: Connectionism 411
• Glossary 417
• References 427
• Author Index 507
• Subject Index 519