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Dedication
Chapter 1: Speaking in Tongues
1.1 Language Change
1.2 Language Families
1.3 Research Methods in Psycholinguistics
1.4 Themes and Variations
Summary
References
Chapter 2: The Sounds of Language
2.1 Describing Sounds
2.2 The Articulatory System
2.3 Consonants
2.4 Vowels
2.5 Syllables
2.6 Phonological Rules
Chapter 3: The Parts of Speech
3.1 Words and Their Meaning
3.2 Morphemes
3.3 Morphology of Different Languages
3.4 Syntax
Chapter 4: The Biological Basis of Language
4.1 Animal Communication
4.2 Defining Language
4.3 The Origins of Language
4.4 Language in the Brain
4.5 Language and Thought
Chapter 5: Learning to Speak
5.1 Language Development
5.2 Pidgins and Creoles
Chapter 6: Bilingualism
6.1 The Advantages of Bilingualism
6.2 Bilingual Language Processing
6.3 Models of Bilingualism
6.4 Second Language Acquisition
Chapter 7: Visual Language
7.1 Writing Systems
7.2 A Standard Reading Model
Chapter 8: Reading
8.1 Reading Models
8.2 Reading Disorders
Chapter 9: Speaking
9.1 Evidence for Speech Production
9.2 The Standard Model of Speech Production
9.3 Speech Production Models
Glossary
Versioning History
Dinesh Ramoo
Anything of merit in this work is through the generosity of my teacher:
Dr. Andrew Olson.
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