Talking heads : the neuroscience of language /

"The origin, development, and nature of language has been the focus of theoretical debate among philosophers for many centuries. Following the discovery 150 years ago that language is a biological system, an increasing number of neuroscientists began to search for its anatomical basis and its l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denes, G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Italian
Published: Hove, East Sussex [England] : Psychology Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • (Publisher-supplied data) CHAPTER 1 DEFINING LANGUAGE
  • CHAPTER 2 THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGE
  • CHAPTER 3 THE ANATOMY OF LANGUAGE
  • CHAPTER 4 ACQUIRED LANGUAGE DISORDERS: THE APHASIAS
  • CHAPTER 5 THE SOUNDS OF LANGUAGE: THE PRODUCTION AND COMPREHENSION OF WORDS
  • CHAPTER 6 THE WORDS TO SAY IT: THE FUNCTIONAL AND NEUROLOGICAL ARCHITECTURE OF THE LEXICAL SYSTEM
  • CHAPTER 7 THE TRAINS OF LANGUAGE: SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY
  • CHAPTER 8 THE NEUROLOGICAL BASES AND FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE
  • CHAPTER 9 THE NEUROLOGICAL BASES AND FUNTIONAL ARCHITECTURE OF BILINGUALISM
  • CHAPTER 10 SPEAKING WITH OUR HANDS: SIGN LANGUAGE
  • CHAPTER 11 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDERS.