Gianfranco Denes

Talking Heads

The Neuroscience of Language
Übersetzer: Smith, Philippa Venturelli

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Talking Heads reviews the latest research on the nature, structure and origin of language to provide a concise analysis of the multifaceted aspects of language which focuses both on theoretical aspects and physical implementation. It will also be of interest to neurologists, speech therapists and linguistics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781848720398
• ISBN-10: 1848720394
• Artikelnr.: 31385262

Autorenporträt

Gianfranco Denes teaches Neurolinguistics and Neuropsychology at the Universities of Padua and Venice, Italy. His research field spans many aspects of Neuropsychology, focusing on Aphasia and acquired language impairments.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Defining Language. 2. Origin and Evolution of Language and Speech. 3.
The Anatomy of Language. 4. Aphasia. 5. The Sounds of Language: Production
and Comprehension of Words. 6. Neurological and Functional Architecture of
the Lexicon. 7. The Trains of Language: Syntax and Morphology. 8.
Neurological Basis and Functional Architecture of Written Language. 9. The
neurological bases and functional architecture of bilingualism. 10. Talking
Hands. 11. Language Acquisition and Developmental Disorders. Appendix I.
Appendix II.