The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics [Hardcover]

The ability to communicate quickly and flexibly through both spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race. Yet it remains a mysterious process. The science of psycholinguistics attempts to uncover the mechanisms and representations underlying human language. This interdisciplinary field has seen massive developments over the last decades, with a broad expansion of the research base, and the incorporation of new experimental techniques such as brain imaging and computational modelling. The result is that real progress is being made in the understanding of the key components of language in the mind.

This new and expanded edition ofThe Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguisticsbrings together the views of over 80 experts in various domains of psycholinguistic research, offering a comprehensive and authoritative review of the field. With contributions from the fields of psychology, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, attention, genetics, development, and neuropsychology divided into five themed sections, this new edition ofThe Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguisticsis unparalleled in its breadth of coverage.

The comprehensive nature of this book coupled with the accessibility of the short chapter format makes this handbook essential reading for students and researchers in the fields of psychology, linguistics and neuroscience.

Part One: Language Comprehension
Section One: Sublexical and Lexical Level
1. Segmentation of speech,Laurence White
2. Spoken word recognition,Michael S. Vitevitch, Cynthia S.Q. Siew, and Nichol Castro
3. Visual word recognition,Kathleen Rastle
4. Lexico-semantics,Lotte Meteyard and Gabriella Vigliocco
5. Lexical Ambiguity,Jennifer Rodd
6. Visual word recognition in multilinguals,Ton Dijkstra and Walter J.B. van Heuven
7. Varieties of Semantic Deficit: Single-word ComlCæ