Concise Encyclopedia of Brain and Language

Over 165 interdisciplinary articles from Elsevier's extensive neurolinguistics reference program available in a compact reference work

Harry A. Whitaker (Edited by)

9780081014516, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 19 August 2016

632 pages
27.8 x 21 x 3.9 cm, 1.14 kg

This volume descibes, in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, the field of neurolinguistics, the science concerned with the neural mechanisms underlying the comprehension, production and abstract knowledge of spoken, signed or written language. An edited anthology of 165 articles from the award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2nd edition, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience 4th Edition and Encyclopedia of the Neorological Sciences and Neurological Disorders, it provides the most comprehensive one-volume reference solution for scientists working with language and the brain ever published.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Translation & interpretation [CFP], Lexicography [CFM], Psycholinguistics [CFD]