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Title:

THE ARTICULATE MAMMAL
AN INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

By:

Jean Aitchison

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415420164

ISBN 13:

9780415420167

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

6 September, 2007

Edition:

5th Revised edition

Pages:

320

Description:

Provides an introduction to the main topics in psycholinguistics. This book tackles the questions central to the study of psycholinguistics. It investigates the issues with regard to animal communication, child language and the language of adults.

Synopsis:

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.

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22 black & white tables, 42 black & white line drawings

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Imprint:

Routledge

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