| Language Talent and Brain Activity Contributor(s): Dogil, Grzegorz (Editor), Reiterer, Susanne Maria (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110205181 ISBN-13: 9783110205183 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $137.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: The presented project describes and assesses pronunciation talent in its various dimensions, such as production and perception or the segmental and suprasegmental levels of speech. Special focus is put on the psychological and neural correlates of phonetic performance. Behavioral influences such as empathy or motivation are investigated. The resulting classification of proficiency and talent level is used to select subjects for neuroimaging studies in which differences in brain activity between talented and untalentend individuals are observed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Phonetics & Phonology |
| Dewey: 612.823 |
| LCCN: 2009021786 |
| Series: Trends in Applied Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.49 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive project has the objective of describing and assessing pronunciation talent with special focus on its psychological and neural correlates. The first part of this undertaking describes the extensive tests necessary to measure phonetic talent in its various dimensions, such as production and perception, the segmental andsuprasegmental levels of speech, and different utterance forms such as spontaneous speech, reading and imitation. Subjects are examined in their native language (German), a familiar second language (English) and, to a lesser degree, an unfamiliar language (Hindi). The project also investigates psychological and behavioral influencessuch as empathy or motivation on pronunciation performance, as well as correlations with general linguistic aptitude. The described measures and correlations allow areliable classification of proficiency and talent level to be used in the selection of subjects for the neuroimaging studies in the second part of the project. These usefunctional magnetic resonance imaging in order to observe differences in brain activitybetween talented and untalented individuals during the performance of phonetic tasks (perception of phonetic differences, imitation, reading). |
Contributor Bio(s): Dogil, Grzegorz: - Grzegorz Dogil, IMS, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Susanne Maria Reiterer, Universität Tübingen, Germany. |
