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Zusatztext "The present volume does not just pay lip service to going beyond nature-nurture but makes a real commitment to do so. Bates will be remembered, as this volume attests, to her deep insights into the evolution and workings of the mind, for her efforts to broaden the horizon for research on language development as an integral part of cognitive development, and for her persistent inquiry into the complexity of the nature-nurture issue..." — PsycCRITIQUES "This highly personal and worthwhile collection of chapters by a distinguished international faculty of colleagues and collaborators forms a fine tribute to Elizabeth Ann Bates..." — Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society "...the volume is a useful addition to the literature and a convenient source of understanding for those curious about the emergentist approach to language development." — Studies in Second Language Acquisition Informationen zum Autor Michael Tomasello, Dan Isaac Slobin Klappentext This special tribute to Elizabeth Ann Bates--a psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist--spans her brilliant career of wide-ranging interdisciplinary interests. It should appeal to international scholars in the fields of developmental psycholinguistics, cognitive science, crosslinguistic research, and child and adult language disorders. Zusammenfassung This special tribute to Elizabeth Ann Bates--a psycholinguist, developmental psychologist, and cognitive scientist--spans her brilliant career of wide-ranging interdisciplinary interests. It should appeal to international scholars in the fields of develo Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: D.I. Slobin, M. Tomasello, Introduction. Elizabeth Bates's Aphorisms for the Study of Language, Cognition, Development, Biology, and Evolution. Vita and Publications of Elizabeth Bates. Part I: Gestures and Word Meaning. V. Volterra, M.C. Caselli, O. Capirci, E. Pizzuto, Gesture and the Emergence and Development of Language. P. Dale, J. Goodman, Commonality and Individual Differences in Vocabulary Growth. Part II: The Competition Model and Connectionism. B. MacWhinney, New Directions in the Competition Model. J.L. Elman, M. Hare, K. McRae, Cues, Constraints, and Competition in Sentence Processing. Part III: Grammar. V. Marchman, D. Thal, Words and Grammar. A. Devescovi, S. D'Amico, The Competition Model: Crosslinguistic Studies of Online Processing. Part IV: Biology and Language. B.L. Finlay, Rethinking Developmental Neurobiology. A. Karmiloff-Smith, Bates's Emergentist Theory and Its Relevance to Understanding Genotype/Phenotype Relations. F. Dick, N.F. Dronkers, L. Pizzamiglio, A.P. Saygin, S.L. Small, S. Wilson, Language and the Brain. Part V: Language Processing. W.D. Marslen-Wilson, L.K. Tyler, The Lexicon, Grammar, and the Past Tense: Dissociation Revisited. J. Aydelott, M. Kutas, K.D. Federmeir, Perceptual and Attentional Factors in Language Comprehension: A Domain-General Approach. J. Aydelott, Addendum: About Liz. ...