Uncommon Understanding (Classic Edition) - Development and Disorders of Language Comprehension in Children

Informationen zum Autor Dorothy Bishop is Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology and a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow at the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. Klappentext This is a 'classic edition' of Dorothy Bishop's award-winning textbook on the development of language comprehension, which has been in print since 1997, and now includes a new introduction from the author. The book won the British Psychological Society book award in 1999, and is now widely seen as a classic in the field of developmental language disorders. Zusammenfassung This is a 'classic edition' of Dorothy Bishop's award-winning textbook on the development of language comprehension, which has been in print since 1997, and now includes a new introduction from the author. The book won the British Psychological Society book award in 1999, and is now widely seen as a classic in the field of developmental language disorders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Classic Edition. Foreword. 1. From Sound to Meaning: A Framework for Analysing Comprehension. 2. Specific Language Impairment. 3. Speech Perception. 4. Understanding Word Meaning. 5. Grammatical Knowledge in Sentence Comprehension. 6. Understanding Sentences in Real Time. 7. Understanding Discourse: Integrating Language and Context. 8. Understanding Intended Meaning: Social Aspects of Comprehension. 9. Modularity and Interaction in Language Development and Disorders.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Dorothy V. M. (University of Oxford Bishop, Bishop Dorothy V. M.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2013
• EAN: 9781848721494
• ISBN: 978-1-84872-149-4
• No. of pages: 366
• Series: Psychology Press & Routledge Classic Editions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Paediatric medicine, Speech & language disorders & therapy