Psychology of Language - Softcover

PART I General Issues. 1 Introduction: Themes of Psycholinguistics. 2 Linguistic Principles. 3 Psychological Mechanisms. PART II Language Comprehension. 4 Perception of Language. 5 The Internal Lexicon. 6 Sentence Comprehension and Memory. 7 Discourse Comprehension and Memory. PART III Language Production and Conversational Interaction. 8 Production of Speech and Language. 9 Conversational Interaction. PART IV Language Acquisition. 10 Early Language Acquisition. 11 Later Language Acquisition. 12 Processes of Language Acquisition. PART V Language in Perspective. 13 Biological Foundations of Language. 14 Language, Culture, and Cognition. GLOSSARY. REFERENCES.

In David Carroll's text, a topic that can sometimes seem bewildering to students is presented in a clear, interesting, and engaging style. Using a cognitive approach, Carroll brings the current developments and controversies in psycholinguistics to students in an engaging style and sets them in historical context. Each chapter is enhanced with unique pedagogy that was designed to stimulate critical thinking, assess comprehension and provide opportunities for application. This fifth edition of Psychology of Language fills the need for an up-to-date and clearly written treatment of the field in a manner that resonates with today's students.