Neurolinguistics and Linguistic Aphasiology
An Introduction

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology.

David Caplan (Author)

9780521311953, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 August 1987

512 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.75 kg

'The book is really a superb piece of work … an extensive, intensive and lucid introduction. There is no doubt that this will be the introductory text in the area for some considerable time.' John C. Marshall

This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the emerging fields of neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology. Reflecting the dramatic changes that have taken place in the study of language disorders over the last decade, David Caplan's approach is firmly interdisciplinary. He introduces concepts from the main contributing disciplines - neurology, linguistics, psychology and speech pathology - in such a way that they will be clearly understood by all students, whatever their particular background. The topics covered have been carefully selected to demonstrate how the more sophisticated topical neurolinguistic approaches have developed from traditional clinical models. The critical and detailed discussion of all the main theoretical issues in the fields makes this a fundamental work not only for students but also for specialists.

Preface
Part I. Introduction: 1. Issues in neurolinguistics and linguistic aphasiology
2. Approaches to neuolinguistics and linguistics aphasiology
Part II. Clinical Aphasiology and Neurolinguistics: 3. The discoveries of Paul Broca: localization of the 'faculty for articulate language'
4. Classical connectionist models
5. Extensions of connectionism
6. Objections to connectionism
7. Hierarchical models
8. Global models
9. Process models
10. Overview of clinical aphasiology and neurolinguistics
Part III. Linguistic Aphasiology: 11. Linguistic descriptions and aphasic syndromes
12. Disturbances of lexical semantic representation
13. Disturbances of the sound system
14. Acquired dyslexia
15. Disturbances of sentence production: agrammatism
16. Disturbances of sentence comprehension
17. Overview of linguistic aphasiology
Part IV. Contemporary Neurolinguistics: 18. Cerebral dominance and specialization for language
19. Cerebral localization for language revisited
20. Cerebral evoked potentials and language
21. Electrical stimulation of the language areas
22. Towards a theoretical neurophysiology of language
23. Overview of contemporary neurolinguistics
References
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Linguistics [CF]