Neurolinguistics

作者：  John C. L. Ingram　著

出版社：Cambridge University Press 2012-1-1

简介：What biological factors make human communication possible? Howdo we process and understand language? How does brain damage affectthese mechanisms, and what can this tell us about how language isorganized in the brain? The field of neurolinguistics seeks toanswer these questions, which are crucial to linguistics,psychology and speech pathology alike. This textbook introduces thecentral topics in neurolinguistics: speech recognition, word andsentence structure, meaning, and discourse - in both 'normal'speakers and those with language disorders. It moves on to providea balanced discussion of key areas of debate such as modularity andthe 'language areas' of the brain, 'connectionist' versus'symbolic' modelling of language processing, and the nature oflinguistic and mental representations. Making accessible over halfa century of scientific and linguistic research, and containingextensive study questions, it will be welcomed by all thoseinterested in the relationship between language and the brain.