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
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
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
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
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