The Cambridge Handbook of Psycholinguistics

This comprehensive collection of chapters is written by leading researchers in psycholinguistics from a wide array of subfields.

Michael Spivey (Edited by), Ken McRae (Edited by), Marc Joanisse (Edited by)

9780521677929, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 August 2012

760 pages, 61 b/w illus. 2 colour illus.
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.2 cm, 1.31 kg

"...Broad in scope and densely packed, the book covers all areas of psycholinguistic research.... The contributions share clarity and a solid grounding in theory old and new, thus providing readers with a quick way to connect what they already know to what perspective changes the more recent research and analysis provide. Given the increase in imaging research in the last two decades, this handbook stands as a needed update to The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics, ed. by Gareth Gaskell (2007).... Recommended..."
-- J. F. Heberle, Albright College, CHOICE

Our ability to speak, write, understand speech and read is critical to our ability to function in today's society. As such, psycholinguistics, or the study of how humans learn and use language, is a central topic in cognitive science. This comprehensive handbook is a collection of chapters written not by practitioners in the field, who can summarize the work going on around them, but by trailblazers from a wide array of subfields, who have been shaping the field of psycholinguistics over the last decade. Some topics discussed include how children learn language, how average adults understand and produce language, how language is represented in the brain, how brain-damaged individuals perform in terms of their language abilities and computer-based models of language and meaning. This is required reading for advanced researchers, graduate students and upper-level undergraduates who are interested in the recent developments and the future of psycholinguistics.

Part I. Speech Perception: 1. Speech perception Carol A. Fowler and James S. Magnuson
2. Neural bases of speech perception – phonology, streams and auditory word forms Sophie Scott
3. Learning the sounds of language Jenny R. Saffran and Sarah D. Sahni
Part II. Spoken Word Recognition: 4. Current directions in research in spoken word recognition Arthur G. Samuel and Meghan Sumner
5. Computational models of spoken word recognition James S. Magnuson, Daniel Mirman and Harlan D. Harris
6. Finding the words: how young children develop skill in interpreting spoken language Anne Fernald and Michael Frank
7. Event-related potentials and magnetic fields associated with components and subcomponents that enable spoken word recognition John F. Connolly, Randy L. Newman and Kelly Forbes
Part III. Written Word Recognition: 8. Visual word recognition in skilled adult readers Michael J. Cortese and David A. Balota
9. Computational models of reading: connectionist and dual-route approaches Mark S. Seidenberg
10. Decoding, orthographic learning and the development of visual word recognition Kate Nation
11. How does the brain read words? Rebecca Sandak, Stephen J. Frost, Jay G. Rueckl, Nicole Landi, W. Einar Mencl, Leonard Katz and Kenneth R. Pugh
Part IV. Semantic Memory: 12. The human conceptual system Lawrence W. Barsalou
13. Computational models of semantic memory George S. Cree and Blair C. Armstrong
14. Developing categories and concepts Linda B. Smith and Eliana Colunga
Part V. Morphological Processing: 15. Derivational morphology and skilled reading: an empirical overview Kevin Diependaele, Jonathan Grainger and Dominiek Sandra
16. The neural basis of morphology: a tale of two mechanisms? Anna Woollams and Karalyn Patterson
Part VI. Sentence Comprehension: 17. Individual differences in sentence processing Thomas A. Farmer, Jennifer B. Misyak and Morten H. Christiansen
18. The neurobiology of sentence comprehension Lee Osterhout, Albert Kim and Gina R. Kuperberg
19. Computational and corpus models of human sentence comprehension Douglas Roland and Mary Hare
Part VII. Sentence Production: 20. Research in language production Zenzi M. Griffin and Christopher M. Crew
21. Language production: computational models Gary S. Dell and Joana Cholin
22. Language production: patient and imaging research Gabriella Vigliocco, Daniel Tranel and Judit Druks
Part VIII. Figurative Language: 23. Figurative language: normal adult cognitive research Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr, Nicole L. Wilson and Gregory A. Bryant
24. Computational approaches to figurative language Birte Loenneker-Rodman and Srini Narayanan
25. The development of figurative language Cristina Cacciari and Roberto Padovani
26. Cognitive neuroscience of figurative language Seana Coulson
Part IX. Discourse and Conversation: 27. Spoken discourse and its emergence Herbert H. Clark
28. Computational modeling of discourse and conversation Arthur C. Graesser, Danielle S. Macnamara and Vasile Rus
29. Children, conversation, and acquisition Eve Clark
30. The electrophysiology of discourse and conversation Jos J. A. Van Berkum
Part X. Language and Thought: 31. How the languages we speak shape the ways we think: the FAQs Lera Boroditsky
32. Computational approaches to language and thought Terry Regier
33. Language and cognition in development Dedre Gentner and Stella Christie
34. Language, thought and … brain? Monica Gonzalez-Marquez.

Subject Areas: Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Child & developmental psychology [JMC], Psycholinguistics [CFD]