Breaking through the boundaries of traditional psycholinguistics texts, The Psychology of Language: An Integrated Approach, by David Ludden, takes an integrated, cross-cultural approach that weaves the latest developmental and neuroscience research into every chapter. Separate chapters on bilingualism and sign language and integrated coverage of the social aspects of language acquisition and language use provide a breadth of coverage not found in other texts. In addition, rich pedagogy in every chapter and an engaging conversational writing style help students understand the connections between core psycholinguistic material and findings from across the psychological sciences.
Originally published in 1970, this was Peter Herriot’s first book.
Written in a lively, accessible style, The Psychology of Language presents a compelling focus on the relationship between language and human cognition. Each chapter offers a strong central theme, presented...
Contents: Psycholinguistic Approaches to Language, Acquisition of the First Language, Language and Communication, Linguistic Competence and Performance, Psychological Factors in Language Learning, Sociological Implications of Language ...
Progress in the Psychology of Language
Originally published in 1977, this book considers the role language plays in psychological development.
This book, which gathers in one place the theories of 10 leading cognitive and functional linguists, represents a new approach that may define the next era in the history of psychology: It promises to give psychologists a new appreciation ...
The Psychology of Language, Thought, and Instruction: Readings
Originally published in 1990, this comprehensive volume addresses the central issues of sentence and discourse processes, with particular emphasis placed on reading and listening comprehension.
This volume is an integrative theoretical exploration of the essential links between a person's social adaptation and his or her biological survival. Language and speaking practices are thought to be...
Focuses on psycholinguistics, the speech system for spoken and visual word recognition, pronunciation, dyslexia, syntax, parsing, semantics, comprehension, speech, aphasia, and language development.