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The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Contributor(s): Aitchison, Jean (Author)
ISBN: 0415420164     ISBN-13: 9780415420167
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $209.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2007
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An established bestseller, The Articulate Mammal is a concise and highly readable introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This fifth edition brings the book up to date with recent theories, including new material on:

  • the possibility of a 'language gene'
  • how children become acclimatized by speech rhythms before birth
  • post-Chomsky ideas.

Requiring no prior knowledge of the subject, chapter by chapter, this book tackles the basic questions central to the study of psycholinguistics. Jean Aitchison investigates these issues with regard to animal communication, child language and the language of adults, and includes full references and helpful suggestions for further reading.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 401.9
LCCN: 2007008960
Lexile Measure: 1150
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 316 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

An established bestseller, The Articulate Mammal is a concise and highly readable introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This fifth edition brings the book up-to-date with recent theories, including new material on:

  • the possibility of a 'language gene'
  • post-Chomskyan ideas
  • language within an evolutionary framework
  • spatial cognition and how this affects language
  • how children become acclimatized to speech rhythms before birth
  • the acquisition of verbs
  • construction and cognitive grammar
  • aphasia and dementia.

Requiring no prior knowledge of the subject, chapter by chapter, The Articulate Mammal tackles the basic questions central to the study of psycholinguistics. Jean Aitchison investigates these issues with regard to animal communication, child language and the language of adults, and includes in the text full references and helpful suggestions for further reading.

The accompanying website to this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415420228.