Contents

1. Contributors

2. Dedication

3. Acknowledgements

4. I. Speaking in Tongues

   1. 1. Introduction

   2. 2. Language Change

   3. 3. Language Families

   4. 4. Research Methods in Psycholinguistics

   5. 5. Themes and Variations

   6. 6. Summary

   7. 7. References

5. II. The Sounds of Language

   1. 8. Introduction

   2. 9. Describing Sounds

   3. 10. The Articulatory System

   4. 11. Consonants

   5. 12. Vowels

   6. 13. Syllables

   7. 14. Phonological Rules

   8. 15. Summary

   9. 16. References

6. III. The Parts of Speech

   1. 17. Introduction

   2. 18. Words and Their Meaning

   3. 19. Morphemes

   4. 20. Morphology of Different Languages

   5. 21. Syntax

   6. 22. Summary

   7. 23. References

7. IV. The Biological Basis of Language

   1. 24. Introduction

   2. 25. Animal Communication

   3. 26. Defining Language

   4. 27. The Origins of Language

   5. 28. Language in the Brain

   6. 29. Language and Thought

   7. 30. Summary

   8. 31. References

8. V. Learning to Speak

   1. 32. Introduction

   2. 33. Language Development

   3. 34. Pidgins and Creoles

   4. 35. Summary

   5. 36. References

9. VI. Bilingualism

   1. 37. Introduction

   2. 38. The Advantages of Bilingualism

   3. 39. Bilingual Language Processing

   4. 40. Models of Bilingualism

   5. 41. Second Language Acquisition

   6. 42. Summary

   7. 43. References

10. VII. Visual Language

    1. 44. Writing Systems

    2. 45. A Standard Reading Model

    3. 46. Summary

    4. 47. References

11. VIII. Reading

    1. 48. Introduction

    2. 49. Reading Models

    3. 50. Reading Disorders

    4. 51. Summary

    5. 52. References

12. IX. Speaking

    1. 53. Introduction

    2. 54. Evidence for Speech Production

    3. 55. The Standard Model of Speech Production

    4. 56. Speech Production Models

    5. 57. Summary

    6. 58. References