1st Edition
An Introduction to the Psychology of Language (PLE: Psycholinguistics)
By Peter Herriot
Copyright 2014
204 Pages
by
Psychology Press
200 Pages
by
Psychology Press
200 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Originally published in 1970, this was Peter Herriot’s first book. In this objective, critical evaluation of a rapidly expanding field, Professor Herriot examines language as skilled behaviour, generative linguistics and psychology, behaviourist approaches to meaning, language acquisition and impairment, and language and thought. He stresses throughout the necessity for empirical research and for... Read more
1 Introduction to language behaviour 2 Language as skilled behaviour 3 Generative linguistics and psychology 4 Meaning: behaviourist approaches 5 Language acquisition 6 Language and thinking 7 Theoretical conclusions Bibliography Appendix Author index Subject index
Biography
Peter Herriot
