Psycholinguistics & Neurolinguistics


How the Brain Got Language

The Mirror System Hypothesis
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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199896684ISBN10: 0199896682 Unlike any other species, humans can learn and use language. In this book, Michael Arbib presents the Mirror System Hypothesis, which suggests how complex imitation supported the breakthrough to pantomime, protosign (communication based on conventionalized manual gestures) and protospeech and then, through cultural evolution, to fully fledged languages.
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A User's Guide to Thought and Meaning

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Hardback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199693207ISBN10: 019969320X One of the world's leading linguists and cognitive scientists offers a paradigm-shattering look at language, consciousness, and thought
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The Mental Corpus

How language is represented in the mind
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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199290802ISBN10: 0199290806 This book presents a radical reconceptualization of the nature of linguistic knowledge
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Telicity, Change, and State

A Cross-Categorial View of Event Structure
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Paperback Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780199693504ISBN10: 0199693501 New work by leading researchers on central themes in the study of event structure
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Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 3

Further Grammatical Topics
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Hardback Aug 2012 ISBN13: 9780199571093ISBN10: 0199571090 A fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis
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Spoken Discourse and Social Interaction

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Paperback Jan 2013 ISBN13: 9780340741849ISBN10: 0340741848 This fascinating text outlines the key concepts, dominant approaches, and major findings in spoken interaction research over the past four decades.
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“The most influential and seminal language book of the year” —William Safire

cover In Always On, Naomi S. Baron reveals that online andmobile technologies--including instant messaging, cell phones,multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and wikis—are profoundlyinfluencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in theways we might suppose.


Liberate Your True Voice

cover In Writing Alone and with Others, Schneider's acclaimed teaching methods are available in a single well-organized and highly readable volume.


Looking at Art History from a Fresh Perspective

cover The Oxford History of Art series offers substantial and innovative texts that clarify, illuminate, and debate the critical issues at the heart of art history today