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Evaluating theories of language : evidence from disordered communication /

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One approach to the study of language has been to describe people whose ability to communicate is impaired. Some researchers have argued that it is possible to identify the component mental processes that contribute to the ability to communicate by describing the ways in which language can break dow...

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Other Authors: Dodd, Barbara, Campbell, Ruth, 1944-, Worrall, Linda
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: London : Whurr Publishers, 1996.
Subjects:
Communicative disorders.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages.
Human information processing.
Communication Disorders
Language
Mental Processes
Language Development
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Evaluating Theories of Language: Evidence from Disordered Communication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction Words and nature; Chapter 1 Computational cognitive neuropsychology and acquired dyslexia; Chapter 2 From snarks to boojums: why are prosodic disabilities so rare?; Chapter 3 Underlying representations in the acquisition of phonology: evidence from 'before and after' speech; Chapter 4 Insights into language structure and function: some consequences of prelingual hearing loss.