Chargement en cours…

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...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Denes, Gianfranco
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Italiano
Publié: Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Psychology Press, 2011.
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.