Psycholinguistics Arena

The Role of Formal Features in Second Language Acquisition

• Edited by Juana Liceras, Helmut Zobl, Helen Goodluck

Using Chomsky's minimalist program as a framework, this volume explores the role of formal (or functional) features in current descriptions and accounts of language acquistion. In engaging,...

Published September 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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A Language in Space

The Story of Israeli Sign Language

• By Irit Meir, Wendy Sandler

This English version of A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language, which received the Bahat Award for most outstanding book for a general...

Published September 7th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Articulate Mammal

An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

• By Jean Aitchison

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...

Published September 3rd 2007 by Routledge.

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Situation Models and Levels of Coherence

Toward a Definition of Comprehension

• By Isabelle Tapiero

The mental representation of what one reads is called a "situation model" or a "mental model." The process of reading causes an interaction of the...

Published July 12th 2007 by Routledge.

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Irony in Language and Thought

A Cognitive Science Reader

• Edited by RAYMOND W. GIBBS JR, Herbert L. Colston

Irony in Language and Thought assembles an interdisciplinary collection of seminal empirical and theoretical papers on irony in language and thought into one comprehensive book....

Published May 30th 2007 by Routledge.

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Higher Level Language Processes in the Brain

Inference and Comprehension Processes

• Edited by Franz Schmalhofer, Charles A. Perfetti

Higher Level Language Processes in the Brain is a groundbreaking book that explains how behavior research, computational models, and brain imaging results can be unified...

Published March 5th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Data Elicitation for Second and Foreign Language Research

• By Susan M. Gass, Alison Mackey

This timely reference guide is specifically directed toward the needs of second language researchers, who can expect to gain a clearer understanding of which techniques...

Published February 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis

• Edited by Thomas K. Landauer, Danielle S. McNamara, Simon Dennis, Walter Kintsch

The Handbook of Latent Semantic Analysis is the authoritative reference for the theory behind Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA), a burgeoning mathematical method used to analyze...

Published February 15th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys

• Edited by Josep Call, Michael Tomasello

The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys is an intriguing compilation of naturalistic and experimental research conducted over the course of 20 years on gestural...

Published January 30th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Incremental Conceptualization for Language Production

• By Markus Guhe

Incremental Conceptualization for Language Production discusses the simultaneous actions involved in thinking and speaking, as well as the piecemeal way in which individuals construct an...

Published January 23rd 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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