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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Hove, East Sussex ; New York :
Psychology Press,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Defining language
- 2. The origin and evolution of language and words
- 3. The anatomy of language
- 4. Acquired language disorders: the aphasias
- 5. The sounds of language: the production and comprehension of words
- 6. The words to say it: the functional and neurological architecture of the lexical system
- 7. The trains of language: syntax and morphology
- 8. The neurological bases and functional architecture of written language
- 9. The neurological bases and functional architecture of bilingualism
- 10. Speaking with our hands: sign language
- 11. Language acquisition and developmental language disorders
- Appendix: outlines of neuroanatomy.