Subject: psycholinguistics

jean aitchison , the articulate mammal an introduction to psycholinguistics , 4th edition this highly successful text has been substantially revised to take account of the considerable changes in chomsky 's recent ideas . the chapters on grammatical innateness , child language acquisition , and speech comprehension have been largely rewritten and new material and references throughout the book make it completely up-to - date with key developments in the field . table of contents introduction 1 . the great automatic grammatizor : need anything be innate ? 2 . animals that try to talk : is language restricted to humans ? 3 . grandmama 's teeth : is there biological evidence for innate language capacity ? 4 . predestinate grooves : is there a pre-ordained language ' programme ' ? 5 . the blueprint in the brain : what grammatical information might conceivably be innate ? 6 . chattering children : are chattering children following ` rules ' when they learn to speak ? 7 . puzzling it out : exactly how do children learn language ? 8 . celestial unintelligibility : why propose a transformational grammar ? 9 . the white elephant problem : do we need a transformational grammar in order to speak ? 10 . the case of the missing fingerprint : how do we understand speech ? 11 . the cheshire cat 's grin : how do we plan and produce speech ? 12 . banker 's clerk or hippopotamus ? : the future of psycholinguistics notes and suggestions for further reading references routledge : 1998 : 320 pp cl : 0 415 16866 x : # d5684 : $ 75 . 00 pb : 0 415 16791 4 : # d5688 : $ 24 . 99 for more information on these and other titles from : routledge london * new york in north america : www . routledge-ny . com elsewhere : www . routledge . com
