Cognitive Neuroscience of Language

This text provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the neural underpinnings of language.

List of contents

Part I: Fundamentals 1. The Human Brain 2. Brain Mapping Methods; Part II: Aphasia 3. Classic Aphasia Syndromes 4. Primary Progressive Aphasia Syndromes; Part III: The Perception and Production of Speech 5. Speech Perception 6. Speech Production 7. Prosody; Part IV: The Meanings of Words 8. Object Nouns 9. Action Verbs 10. Abstract Words; Part V: Morphology, Syntax, and Discourse 11. Morphology 12. Sentence Production 13. Sentence Comprehension 14. Discourse; Part VI: Other Topics 15. Reading and Writing 16. Sign Language 17. The Bilingual Brain

About the author

David Kemmerer is a professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University.

Summary

This text provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the neural underpinnings of language.

Product details

• Authors: David Kemmerer, David (Purdue University Kemmerer, Kemmerer David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781138318403
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31840-3
• No. of pages: 692
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology