Talking Heads
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Talking Heads

The Neuroscience of Language

Gianfranco Denes, Philippa Venturelli Smith

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Talking Heads

The Neuroscience of Language

Gianfranco Denes, Philippa Venturelli Smith

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About This Book

The origin, development, and nature of language has been the focus of theoretical debate among philosophers for many centuries. Following the pioneering clinical observations 150 years ago of loss of language following a cerebral lesion, language started to be considered a biological system, that could be investigated scientifically. As a consequence, an increasing number of scientists began to search for its anatomical and functional basis and its links with other such cognitive systems. The relatively recent introduction of neuroimaging tools, such as PET and fMRI, has brought rapid and groundbreaking developments to the field of Neurolinguistics.

In this book, Denes harnesses these advances to adopt a biolinguistic approach to the study of a subject that increasingly sees the collaboration of linguists, experimental psychologists, neuroscientists and clinicians. Talking Heads reviews the latest research to provide a concise analysis of the multifaceted aspects of language which focuses both on theoretical aspects and physical implementation.

Following an up-to-date description of acquired language disorders, and their contribution to the design of a functional architecture of language, the book illustrates the neurological process involved in the production and comprehension of spoken and written language, as well as investigating the neurological and functional systems responsible for sign language production and first and second language acquisition.

With a glossary of the anatomical and linguistic terms, this book provides an invaluable resource to undergraduate and graduate students of psychology, psycholinguistics and linguistics.

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Year
2012
ISBN
9781136475832

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Defining language
  8. 2 The origin and evolution of language and words
  9. 3 The anatomy of language
  10. 4 Acquired language disorders: The aphasias
  11. 5 The sounds of language: The production and comprehension of words
  12. 6 The words to say it: The functional and neurological architecture of the lexical system
  13. 7 The trains of language: Syntax and morphology
  14. 8 The neurological bases and functional architecture of written language
  15. 9 The neurological bases and functional architecture of bilingualism
  16. 10 Speaking with our hands: Sign language
  17. 11 Language acquisition and developmental language disorders
  18. Appendix: Outlines of neuroanatomy
  19. Glossary
  20. Author index
  21. Subject index
Citation styles for Talking Heads

APA 6 Citation

Denes, G. (2012). Talking Heads (1st ed.). Taylor and Francis. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1617617/talking-heads-the-neuroscience-of-language-pdf (Original work published 2012)

Chicago Citation

Denes, Gianfranco. (2012) 2012. Talking Heads. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis. https://www.perlego.com/book/1617617/talking-heads-the-neuroscience-of-language-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Denes, G. (2012) Talking Heads. 1st edn. Taylor and Francis. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1617617/talking-heads-the-neuroscience-of-language-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Denes, Gianfranco. Talking Heads. 1st ed. Taylor and Francis, 2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.