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The Focusing Hypothesis : Theory of Left Hemisphere Lateralised Language Re-examined.
This book explores the nature of the control of language processing by the hemispheres of the neocortex. The author expounds a novel hypothesis, "The Focusing Hypothesis", which holds that language processing in the brain is achieved through analytic and holistic systems, the former throug...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1992.
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| Colección: | Studies in speech pathology and clinical linguistics ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- THE FOCUSING HYPOTHESIS THE THEORY OF LEFT HEMISPHERE LATERALISED LANGUAGE RE-EXAMINED; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Notes on Terminology; 1. Analytic and Holistic; 2. Left and Right Hemisphere; 3. Aphasia versus Dysphasia; 4. Masculine Pronoun as the Unmarked Form; Introduction; Notes; Chapter One. The Focusing Hypothesis; 1.1 Defining Terms; 1.1.1The Dual System; 1.1.2 Focus and Information Processing; 1.1.3 Formulae; 1.1.4 Analytic and Holistic Processing; 1.2 The Dynamic Relationship of the Two Systems; 1.3 Juxtaposition.
- 1.4 Proposition-Focused Language (PFL) and Language-Focused Language (LFL)1.5 A Brief Justification for Holistic Language Processing; 1.6 The Operation of the Holistic Mechanisms; 1.6.1 How Formulae Work in Holistic Processing; 1.6.2 Triggers to Analysis; 1.7 Formulae in Language Processing; 1.8 The Acquisition of Formulae; 1.9 Strategies; 1.10 The Right and Left Hemispheres; Notes; Chapter Two. Theoretical Issues; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Terminology; 2.2.1 Vocalisation-Focused Language; 2.2.2 Propositional; 2.2.3 Proposition; 2.3 The Reduction of Juxtapositional Complexity; 2.3.1 Co-Ordination.
- 2.3.2 InternalisationNotes; Chapter Three. Support for the Structure of the Focusing Hypothesis; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 DualSystems; 3.3 Optimal Processing; 3.4 Holistic Processing; 3.5 Strategies; 3.6 Clausal Processing: Challenge and Support; 3.7 Summary; Notes; Chapter Four. Experimental Psycholinguistic Studies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Dichotic Listening Tests; 4.3 Problems with the Dichotic Listening Test; 4.3.1 Attention; 4.3.2 Misclassifications; 4.3.3 Free Recall; 4.3.4 Memory Capacity; 4.3.5 Stimuli; 4.3.6 Data Analysis; 4.3.7 Procedures; 4.4 Tachistoscopic Tests.
- 4.5 Verbal-Manual Interference Tasks4.6 Lateral Eye Movement; 4.7 Comments; 4.8 Prediction: Language Focus in Experiments; 4.8.1 The Nature of the Task; 4.8.2 The Nature of the Stimulus; 4.8.3 Test Environment; 4.8.4 Type of Subject; 4.8.5 Test Case: Ambiguity, Puns and Zeugma; 4.9 The Scope for Controlling Focus in Experiments; 4.9.1 Subject Type as the Primary Variable; 4.9.1.1 Sex and the Strategy Option Range; 4.9.1.2 Age and the Strategy Option Range; 4.9.1.3 Education and the Strategy Option Range; 4.9.2 Within Subject Variation.
- 4.10 The Value of Psycholinguistic Data in Evaluating the Focusing HypothesisNotes; Chapter Five. Clinical Investigations; 5.1Introduction; 5.2 Left Hemisphere Lesion; 5.2.1 Introduction; 5.2.2 Broca's Aphasia; 5.2.3 Wernicke9 s Aphasia; 5.2.4 Conduction Aphasia; 5.2.5 Other Types of Language Disorder; 5.3 The Rôle of the Right Hemisphere in Language; 5.3.1 Introduction; 5.3.2 The Non-Linguistic Right Hemisphere; 5.3.3 The Linguistic Right Hemisphere; 5.4 Inconsistencies in the Clinical Data; 5.4.1 Hemispherectomy; 5.4.2 Split Brain; 5.4.3 Token Test; 5.4.4 Inhibition.