Neurocognitive and neurolinguistics theories make explicit statements relating specialized
cognitive and linguistic processes to specific brain loci. These linking hypotheses are in …

Action and perception are functionally linked in the brain, but a hotly debated question is
whether perception and comprehension of stimuli depend on motor circuits. Brain language …

We present age-of-acquisition (AoA) ratings for 30,121 English content words (nouns, verbs,
and adjectives). For data collection, this megastudy used the Web-based crowdsourcing …

Understanding speech in our native tongue seems natural and effortless; listening to speech
in a nonnative language is a different experience. In this book, Anne Cutler argues that …

It is with renewed appreciation for the size of the task that I come to writing the present
chapter. The number of special issues of journals dedicated to im/politeness these days …

This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-
of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) …

Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive
and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the …

Describes patterns of general communication development and of English specificity,
emphasizing individual patterns. This edition devotes more attention to individual …

This book focuses on the psycholinguistic dynamics of multilingualism and the processes of
change in time affecting two or more language systems. It develops a novel approach to this …

The interpretive science of semiotics offers powerful analytical tools for the application of
many disciplines to the study of perception. Semiotics is the study of signs, and as such, is of …