Franco Fabbro

The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The text provides an introduction to both the neuropsychology of language and the phenomena related to bilingualism, and should be of particular interest to students of language therapy, aphasiology, applied psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics and, in general, to students of medicine who wish to become more knowledgeable about the specific needs of patients in a multilingual society.

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Introduces the reader to both neurolinguistics and the neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. The text focuses on the neuropsychology of language processing and acquisition, and then addresses the issues of cerebral representation and

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 162mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9780863777554
• ISBN-10: 0863777554
• Artikelnr.: 21482077

Autorenporträt

Fabbro, Franco

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. What is Language? Linguistics and the Study of Language.
Phonetics and Phonology. Syntax. Morphology. Semantics. Chapter 2. How
Language Sounds are Produced and Perceived. Physiology of Speech
Production. Acoustic Analysis of Speech. Production and Perception of
Vowels and Consonants. Chapter 3. How the Brain Controls Vocalizations.
Basic Concepts of Brain Anatomy and Physiology. Neural Centers Controlling
Vocalizations. Analogies Between Human Languages and Bird Song. Chapter 4.
Language Areas in the Brain. Pioneering Studies. The Location of
Articulated Language. Cerebral Lateralization of Linguistic Functions.
Sensory Aphasia. The Control of Voluntary Movement According to Wernicke.
The Language Scheme in the Brain. Clinical Cases. Chapter 5. Aphasia: The
Undoing of Language. Basic Terminology of Aphasia. Different Types of
Aphasia. The Right Hemisphere and Verbal Communication. Chapter 6. The
Assessment of Aphasia. Clinical Criteria. Aphasia Tests in Monolinguals.
Aphasia Tests in Bilinguals. Chapter 7. Methods for Studying the
Organization of Language in the Brain. Studies on Normal Subjects. Dichotic
Listening. The Verbal-Manual Interference Paradigm (Finger-tapping).
Tachistoscopic Viewing. Recording the Electrical Activity of the Brain.
Functional Brain Imaging. Investigation Techniques for Neurological
Patients. Carotid Sodium Amytal Injection (Wada test). Electric Stimulation
of the Brain. Computerized Axial Tomography. Magnetic Resonance Imagining.
Chapter 8. The Representation of Language in the Brain. Fundamentals of
Neurophysiology. Cortical Representation of Language. Models of Language
Processing. A Neurofunctional Model of Language Processing. Chapter 9. The
Role of Subcortical Structures in Language. A Neuropsychological Model of
Subcortical Language Structures. The Role of the Cerebellu