1st Edition

The New Psychology of Language From Body to Mental Model and Back

By Ton Dijkstra, David Peeters Copyright 2024
328 Pages 94 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 94 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

328 Pages 94 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

This illuminating book offers an up-to-date introduction to the psychology of language, exploring aspects of language processing that have previously not been given centre stage such as the role of body and brain, social aspects of language use, and mental models. The New Psychology of Language presents an overarching theoretical account called the Language User Framework for discussing a... Read more

1. Basic assumptions of a new psychology of language  2. Language and communication  3. The Language User Framework  4. Language research techniques  5. Recognizing spoken words  6. Recognizing printed and written words  7. Sentence processing  8. Meaning  9. Language production  10. Multilingualism  11. Conclusion and outlook

Biography

Ton Dijkstra is a Full Professor in Psycholinguistics and Multilingualism at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

David Peeters is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Cognition at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.