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The Oxford Handbook of Language Production

Victor Ferreira author Matthew Goldrick author Michele Miozzo author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:22nd May '14

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The Oxford Handbook of Language Production provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary review of the complex mechanisms involved in language production. It describes what we know of the computational, linguistic, cognitive, and brain basis of human language production - from how we conceive the messages we aim to convey, to how we retrieve the right (and sometimes wrong) words, how we form grammatical sentences, and how we assemble and articulate individual sounds. Contributions from leading psycholinguists, cognitive linguists, and neuroscientists offer readers a broad perspective on the latest research, highlighting key investigations into core aspects of human language processing. The Handbook is organized into three sections: speaking, written and sign languages, and how language production interfaces with the wider cognitive system, including control processes, memory, non-linguistic gestures, and the perceptual system. These chapters discuss a wide array of levels of representation, from sentences to individual words, speech sounds and articulatory gestures, extending to discourse and the broader social context of speaking. Detailed supporting chapters provide an overview of key issues in linguistic structure at each level of representation. Authoritative yet concisely written, the volume will be of interest to scholars and students working in cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive neuroscience, computer science, audiology, and education, and related fields.

"Numerous tables and figures help clarify the concepts. This is not an easy read without a background in speech and language, but the target audience will not be disappointed." -Gary B Kaniuk, Doody's Health Sciences Book Review

ISBN: 9780199735471

Dimensions: 185mm x 257mm x 38mm

Weight: 1089g

512 pages