Psycholinguistics
A Very Short Introduction
$29.54
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
11 December 2024
Summary
This Very Short Introduction to psycholinguistics is an accessible and engaging description of how people use language. Talking and understanding language probably seem like simple and straightforward skills, but research in psycholinguistics has shown that complex computations take place behind the scenes when you communicate with others. Recent debates concerning how AI tools such as ChatGPT work highlight some of these core questions about the language faculty and how it is that humans com…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192886774 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192886770 |
| Author: | Fernanda Ferreira |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 11 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 136g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 110mm x 175mm |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
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Critics Review
A very short introduction consists of nine chapters, of which the final one is an outlook chapter, followed by a subject index and a list of references and further reading. The book is intended to be an accessible and short, yet insightful and critical, introduction to psycholinguistics as a discipline. This goal is well achieved. * Victoria Beatrix Fendel, Linguist List *
This book provides an accessible and engaging introduction to psycholinguistics, spanning essential domains such as language comprehension and production, individual differences, and bilingualism. …The book succeeds in providing both breadth and depth, offering newcomers an engaging and well-structured entry point into psycholinguistics while providing experienced scholars an opportunity to reconsider fundamental debates and emerging directions in the field. It successfully balances clarity with scholarly insight, making it suitable for students, researchers, and anyone interested in the cognitive works of language. * Yueting Zhang, American Journal of Psychology *
Fernanda Ferreira
Fernanda Ferreira is Professor of Psychology and a member of the Graduate Program in Linguistics at the University of California, Davis. She was formerly Chair of Language and Cognition at the University of Edinburgh. She is founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Glossa Psycholinguistics, and has previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. She co-edited with John Henderson the academic text TheInterface of Language, Vision, and Action: Eye Movements and the Visual World (2004).
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