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Speech, Language, and Communication

  • 1st Edition - May 4, 1995
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Edward C. Carterette, Joanne L. Miller, Morton P. Friedman, Peter D. Eimas
  • Language: English

Speech, Language, and Communication provides an overview of research, theory, and methodology in human language, from the spoken signal and its perception, to acts of commun… Read more

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Speech, Language, and Communication provides an overview of research, theory, and methodology in human language, from the spoken signal and its perception, to acts of communication. Each chapter provides a mini-review of research findings. Coverage includes speech production and recognition, visual word recognition, sentence production and comprehension, the acquisition of language, the neurobiological foundations of language, and a summary chapter discussing language as a cooperative act of communication.

Readership

AUDIENCE: Advanced students, academics, researchers, and professionals in speech, language, and communication sciences.

Table of contents

L. Frazier, Issues of Representation in Psycholinguistics.
C.A. Fowler, Speech Production.
L.C. Nygaard and D.B. Pisoni, Speech Perception: New Directions in Research and Theory.
A. Cutler, Spoken Word Recognition and Production.
M.S. Seidenberg, Visual Word Recognition: An Overview.
K. Bock, Sentence Production: From Mind to Mouth.
M.K. Tanenhaus and J.C. Trueswell, Sentence Comprehension.
P.W. Jusczyk, Language Acquisition: Speech Sounds and the Beginnings of Phonology.
E.V. Clark, Language Acquisition: The Lexicon and Syntax.
S.E. Blumstein, The Neurobiology of Language.
H.H. Clark and B. Bly, Pragmatics and Discourse.
Subject Index.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 4, 1995
  • Language: English

About the editors

EC

Edward C. Carterette

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Psychology, University of California

JM

Joanne L. Miller

Affiliations and expertise
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusette, U.S.A.

MF

Morton P. Friedman

Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.

PE

Peter D. Eimas

Affiliations and expertise
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

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