Fundamentals of psycholinguistics

Abstract

Introducing the fundamental issues in psycholinguistics, this book explores the amazing story of the unconscious processes that takeplace when humans use language. It is an ideal text forunder graduates taking a first course in the study of language. Topics covered include the biological foundations of language;acquisition of first and second languages in children and adults;the mental lexicon; and speech production, perception, andprocessing Structured as an engaging narrative that takes the reader froman idea in the mind of a speaker to its comprehension in the mindof the hearer Reflects the latest empirical developments inpsycholinguistics, and is illustrated throughout with examples frombilingual as well as monolingual language processing, secondlanguage acquisition, and sign languages Student-friendly features include chapter-by-chapter studyquestions and discussion summaries; the appendix offers anexcellent overview of experimental designs in psycholinguistics,and prepares students for their own research Written by an internationally-regarded author team, drawing onforty years of experience in teaching psycholinguistics