The Mental Lexicon

Core Perspectives
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-08-045353-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

Reflects a consensus that the investigation of words in the mind offers a unique opportunity to understand both human language ability and general human cognition. Brings together key perspectives on the fundamental nature of the representation and processing of words in the mind.

This thematic volume covers a wide range of views on the fundamental nature of representation and processing of words in the mind and a range of views on the investigative techniques that are most likely to reveal that nature.

- Provides an overview of issues and developments in the field
- Uncovers the processses of word recognition
- Develops new models of lexical processing

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jarema, Gonia

Libben, Gary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Lexikologie, Lexikographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Proposed:

Part 1: Theory and Processing
1. Language: Between words and grammar
2. Generative morphology as psycholinguistics
3. What is a morpheme?

Part 2: Perspectives on the Process
4. The difference between conscious and unconscious word perception
5. Storage and computation in the mental lexicon
6. Early semantic influences on morphological processing
7. Mental processes behind the spelling of words
8. Putting Humpty together again: Synthetic approaches to nonlinear variable interactions underlying lexical access

Part 3: Acquisition and breakdown
9. Language typology and acquisition of morphology
10. Lexical complexity in Bilingualism and aphasia
11. Morphology and aphasia across languages