Ahlsén, Elisabeth.

Introduction to neurolinguistics / Elisabeth Ahlsén. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, c2006. - xii, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-203) and index.

1. Preface; 2. List of tables; 3. List of figures; 4. Part I: Introduction to neurolinguistics; 5. What is neurolinguistics?; 6. The development of theories about brain and language; 7. Models and frameworks in neurolinguistics today; 8. Part II: Neurolinguistics for different components of language; 9. Phonology in neurolinguistics; 10. Morphology and syntax in neurolinguistics; 11. Lexical semantics; 12. The semantics and pragmatics of communicative contributions in context from a neurolinguistic perspective; 13. Part III: Specific topics in neurolinguistics; 14. Reading and writing from a neurolinguistic perspective; 15. Neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism; 16. On the evolution and development of the brain, communication, and language; 17. Multimodality in neurolinguistics; 18. Part IV: Resource chapters; 19. Methods of investigating the brain; 20. Modeling the brain; 21. Some basic concepts in neuroscience; 22. References; 23. Index

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Neurolinguistics.
Brain--physiology.
Linguistics.
Language Disorders.

QP399 / .A39 2006

612.823 36 AHL