The Psychology of Language (eBook)

Chapter 1: Animal Communication and Human Language
Section 1.1: Animal Communication Systems
Section 1.2: Human Language
Section 1.3: Evolution of Language
Section 1.4: Living Fossils
Chapter 2: The Science of Language
Section 2.1: Scientific Method
Section 2.2: Experiment Design
Section 2.3: Behavioral Techniques
Section 2.4: Language and the Brain
Chapter 3: Speech Perception
Section 3.1: Auditory Perception
Section 3.2: The Speech Stream
Section 3.3: The Development of Speech Perception
Section 3.4: Theories of Speech Perception
Chapter 4: Speech Production
Section 4.1: The Vocal Tract and the Production of Speech
Section 4.2: Speech Areas of the Brain
Section 4.3: Models of Speech Production
Section 4.4: Development of Speech Production
Chapter 5: Words
Section 5.1: Anatomy of a Word
Section 5.2: How Words Are Learned
Section 5.3: How Words Are Stored
Section 5.4: How Words Are Retrieved
Chapter 6: Sentences
Section 6.1: Sentence Structure
Section 6.2: Comprehending Sentences
Section 6.3: Producing Sentences
Section 6.4: Learning Syntactic Structure
Chapter 7: Discourse
Section 7.1: Conversation
Section 7.2: Narrative and Reference
Section 7.3: Anaphora and Inference
Section 7.4: Development of Discourse Abilities
Chapter 8: Reading and Writing
Section 8.1: Writing Systems
Section 8.2: Cognitive Processes in Reading
Section 8.3: Development of Reading Skills
Section 8.4: Cognitive Processes in Writing
Chapter 9: Bilingualism
Section 9.1: The Bilingual Experience
Section 9.2: Organization of the Bilingual Mind
Section 9.3: Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism
Section 9.4: Second Language Acquisition
Chapter 10: Signed Language
Section 10.1: Sign Language Communities
Section 10.2: Characteristics of Signed Languages
Section 10.3: Language Acquisition in Deaf Children
Section 10.4: Deaf Culture
Chapter 11: Language Development Across the Lifespan
Section 11.1: Infancy
Section 11.2: The Preschool Years
Section 11.3: The School-Age Years
Section 11.4: Adulthood and Aging
Chapter 12: Language, Culture, and Thought
Section 12.1: Words and Thought
Section 12.2: Grammar and Thought
Section 12.3: Figurative Language
Section 12.4: Taboo Language
Chapter 13: Language and Technology
Section 13.1 Cell Phones
Section 13.2: Texting
Section 13.3: Natural Language Processing
Section 13.4: Artificial Intelligence