Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts

Psycholinguistics is an authoritative, wide-ranging and up-to-date A to Z guide to this important field. Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index, this book is a highly accessible introduction to the main terms and concepts in psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics offers over 170 entries covering the key areas:

• psychological processes
• first language acquisition
• the nature of language
• brain and language
• language disorders.

This comprehensive guide is an essential resource for all students of English language, linguistics and psychology.