内容简介
Thisfullyrevisedtextprovidesanunderstandable,clearoverviewofthepsychologyoflanguage.Usinganinformation-processingapproach,Carrollbringsthecurrentdevelopmentsandcontroversiesinpsycholinguisticstostudentsinanengagingstyleandsetstheminhistoricalcontext.Functionalinitsapproach,itfillstheneedforanup-to-dateandclearlywrittentreatmentofthefield.Itgivesstudentsabalancedlookatthesubject.Heincludesanevenhandedandconsistentdiscussionfrombothcampswithinthepsycholinguisticsfield-boththecognitivesideandthedevelopmentalsideofresearch-togivestudentsacomprehensiveoverview.HIGHLIGHTSprovidesstudentswithexcellentpreparatorymaterialforthemoreindepthchaptersthatfollowuseseverydayexamplesthroughoutthebook,andfundamentalquestionsareapproachedfromavarietyofperspectives,includingdifferenttheoreticalpositions,variousresearchstrategiesandclassicalversusmorecontemporaryresearchexaminescurrentcontroversiesonanissue-by-issuebasis,andtheauthorexploreswhichtheoreticalorientationtoeachissueisbestsupportedbyresearchgivesnewinformationonnon-alphabeticorthographiesrevisesthesectiononMemoryforDiscoursetoincludeemphasisonverbatimpropositionalandsituationalrepresentationincludesanewdiscussiononaphasiasinthebiologicaofoundationsoflanguage