This updated edition serves as an essential introduction to psycholinguistics, emphasizing the processes involved in language production and comprehension. It offers readers a comprehensive foundation in the field, exploring key concepts and theories that illuminate how individuals interact with language. The book is designed to enhance understanding of the cognitive mechanisms underlying linguistic abilities, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals alike.
This textbook offers a cutting edge introduction to psycholinguistics, exploring the cognitive processes underlying language acquisition and use. Provides a step-by-step tour through language acquisition, production, and comprehension, from the word level to sentences and dialogue Incorporates both theory and data, including in-depth descriptions of the experimental evidence behind theories Incorporates a comprehensive review of research in bilingual language processing, sign language, reading, and the neurological basis of language production and comprehension Approaches the subject from a range of perspectives, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, neurology, and neurophysiology Includes a full program of resources for instructors and students, including review exercises, a test bank, and lecture slides, available online at www.wiley.com/go/traxler