Introduction to neurolinguistics / Elisabeth Ahlsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahlsén, Elisabeth.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurolinguistics.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This introduction to neurolinguistics is intended for anybody who wants to acquire a grounding in the field. It was written for students of linguistics and communication disorders, but students of psychology, neuroscience and other disciplines will also find it valuable. The introductory section presents the theories, models and frameworks underlying modern neurolinguistics. Then the neurolinguistic aspects of different components of language - phonology, morphology, lexical semantics, and semantics-pragmatics in communication - are discussed. The third section examines reading and writing, bilingualism, the evolution of language, and multimodality. The book also contains three resource chapters, one on techniques for investigating the brain, another on modeling brain functions, and a third that introduces the basic concepts of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. This text provides an up-to-date linguistic perspective, with a special focus on semantics and pragmatics, evolutionary perspectives, neural network modeling and multimodality, areas that have been less central in earlier introductory works.

Contents:

Introduction to Neurolinguistics

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Preface

Copyright acknowledgement

List of tables

List of figures

I. Introduction to neurolinguistics

What is neurolinguistics?

Different views on the relation between brain and language

The central questions of neurolinguistics

Outline of the book

Summary

Further reading

Assignments

The development of theories about brain and language

Different views of the brain-language relationship

Ideas about Brain and Language before the 19th Century

The foundations of neurolinguistic theories in the late 19th century

Further developments in the 20th century

Commentary

Models and frameworks in neurolinguistics today

Influences: Linguistics, psychology, clinical work, neuroimaging, computer simulation

Clusters of influence

Two basic frameworks: The neoclassical and dynamic localization of function approaches

Developing areas: Linguistic and cognitive linguistic theories, communication research, cognitive neuropsychology

II. Neurolinguistics for different components of language

Phonology in neurolinguistics

Frameworks in phonology

Phonological paraphasias and neologisms - Classical questions and investigations

Phonology in theories of agrammatism

Units and features of analysis in phonology

Frameworks and models in the analysis of phonological disorders

Morphology and syntax in neurolinguistics

Disturbances of grammar in aphasia: Syndromes, agrammatism, and paragrammatism

The role of the verb in grammar and disturbances of grammar

Three frameworks for describing agrammatism

Assignments.

Example of agrammatic speech (Little Red Riding Hood)

Lexical semantics

What is meaning and how is it linked to word forms and to larger linguistic units?

Word semantics

Sources of data and theories

Methodological considerations

Types of process models

Simulation

Links to therapy

The semantics and pragmatics of communicative contributions in context from a neurolinguistic perspective

Introduction: Objects of study, theories, and sources of data

Aphasia: The scope of the term

III. Specific topics in neurolinguistics

Reading and writing from a neurolinguistic perspective

The relationship between speech and writing

Reading and writing processes

Acquired disturbances of reading and writing

Developmental disorders of reading and writing

Neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism

Bilingualism and neurolinguistic questions

Recovery patterns in bilingual aphasia

Neurolinguistic questions and hypotheses

On the evolution and development of the brain, communication, and language

Growing brains, other factors, and human language

Bigger brains (and bodies)? Brain size and encephalization quotient

The biological hypothesis versus the social construct hypothesis

Communication by other primates

Evolution-based theories in neurolinguistics and acquired language disorders

Neurolinguistic perspectives on developmental language disorders in children

Embodiment in communication: The possible role of mirror neurons and alignment

Multimodality in neurolinguistics.

Why is multimodality, including body communication, other gestures and picture-based communication, important to neurolinguistics?

Overview of multimodality

Multimodal communication: Examples of persons who have aphasia or complex communication needs caused by cerebral palsy

What makes a successful communicator?

What is multimodal in ordinary face-to-face interaction?

Restrictions and possibilities concerning multimodality and communication disorders

Optimizing Multimodal Communication for Persons with Communication Disorders and the Role of Communication Aids

IV. Resource chapters

Methods of investigating the brain

Introduction

Methods that were used extensively in the past

Methods that are often used in neurolinguistic studies today

Modeling the brain

Basic ideas: Symbol processing and neural network models

Making an ANN model

Representations in ANN models

Learning in ANN models

Connectionist models of language production

Some basic concepts in neuroscience

Gross neuroanatomy

Neurophysiology

Cellular organization (cytoarchitecture): Brodmann areas

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612155567

9781282155565

1282155563

9789027293442

9027293449

OCLC:

76898601