Fundamentals of psycholinguistics

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“Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics contains an astonishing amount of information about speech and language use, all presented so deftly that reading is a pleasure.” Janet Dean Fodor, Graduate Center, City University of New York “What most shines through is the authors’ great enthusiasm for elucidating the ideas that drive contemporary research inpsycholinguistics. The wealth of their experience has produced a fresh, modern, and above all appealing introduction to this interdisciplinary field.” Dianne Bradley, Graduate Center, City University of New York “Fernandez and Cairns expose the mysteries of the human language ability by weaving together the insights gained from fifty years of psycholinguistic research into a highly readableintroductory text.” Lyn Frazier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “The coverage of this textbook is exactly right for an introductory-level course. It offers clear and up-to-date information in every area without overwhelming the reader. The thread on multilingualism is unique.” Dana McDaniel, University of Southern Maine “The authors have done a masterful job of reviewing current and longstandingissues in Psycholinguistics in a balanced, engaging fashion. An excellent introduction to the field!” Janet Nicol, University of Arizona

Fundamentals of Linguistics Each book in the Fundamentals of Linguistics series is a concise and critical introduction to the major issues in a subfield of linguistics, including morphology, semantics, and syntax. The books presuppose little knowledge oflinguistics, are authored by well-known scholars, and are useful for beginning students, specialists in other subfields of linguistics, and interested non-linguists. What is Morphology? Mark Aronoff and Kirsten Fudeman What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics Paul H. Portner Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics Eva M. Fernández and Helen Smith Cairns

Fundamentals of Psycholinguistics
Eva M.Fernández and Helen Smith Cairns

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This edition first published 2011 © 2010 Eva M. Fernández and Helen Smith Cairns Adapted from Psycholinguistics: an introduction, Helen Smith Cairns (1999) Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical, andMedical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. Registered Office John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom Editorial Offices 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services, andfor information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at www.wiley.com/wiley-blackwell. The right of Eva M. Fernández and Helen Smith Cairns to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronicbooks. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative...