Beschreibung:
This book is a thorough introduction to psycholinguistics, and shows how the area relates to psychology, linguistics, philosophy and education. It focuses on how young children acquire language and demonstrates how sign language helps us to gain a deeper understanding of the acquisition process. It also explores more complex and challenging topics such as mental grammar and sentence processing and the relationship of language to thought, the brain, society and culture. Other topics include second language acquisition processes, teaching methods and the cognitive impact of bilingualism.
1. First Language Learning by Children2. The Deaf and Language: Sign, Oral, Written3. Children Raised in the Wild and Isolation4. Reading: Fundamental Principles and Teaching5. Animals and Language Learning6. The Need for a Theory of Grammar7. Current Theories of Grammar and Speech Processing8. Relationship of Language to Thought and Culture9. Origin of Language Knowledge10. Language and the Brain11. Second Language Acquisition12. Teaching Methods and Bilingualism