Psycholinguistics: Language, Mind, and World

465 Pages·2001·131.64 MB·English

by  Danny D. Steinberg

Psycholinguistics
Second edition
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Psycholinguistics:
Language, Mind and World
Second edition
Danny D. Steinberg
Hiroshi Nagata
David P. Aline
First published 1982 by Pearson Education Limited
Second edition 2001

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Steinberg, Danny D.
Psycholinguistics : language, mind and world / Danny D. Steinberg, Hiroshi Nagata, David P. Aline
– 2nd ed.
p. cm. – (Longman linguistics library)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-582-03949-5 (alk. paper)
1. Psycholinguistics. I. Nagata, Hiroshi, 1949 – II. Aline, David P., 1959 – III. Title. IV. Series.
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Contents
Preface xv
List of Tab/es XV11
List ofFigures XYl11
Publisber'sAcknoioledgements XIX
Part 1. First-Language Learning 3
Chapter 1. How Children Learn Language 3
1.1. The Development ofSpeech Production 3
1.2. The Development ofSpeech Comprehension 27
1.3. The Relationship of Speech Production, Speech
Comprehension and Thought 34
1.4. Parentese and BabyTalk 36
1.5. Imitation, Rule Learning, and Correction 41
1.6. Learning Abstract Words 44
1.7. Memory and Logic in Language Learning 46
Chapter 2. The Deal and Language:Sign, Oral, Written 50
2.1. Sign Language:ATrue Language without Speech 50
2.2. Gestures ofHearing People Are Signs But Do Not
Form a Language 52
2.3. Speech-Based Sign Languages 56
2.4. Independent Sign Languages (ISLs) such asAmerican
Sign Language (ASL) 60
2.5. The Process of Learning ASL 64
2.6. The OralApproach and Total Communication 65