Date: 09-Sep-2009 From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com> Subject: Language Talent and Brain Activity: Dogil, Reiterer (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Language Talent and Brain Activity
Series Title: Trends in Applied Linguistics 1
Published: 2009
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.mouton-publishers.com
Editor: Grzegorz Dogil
Editor: Susanne Maria Reiterer
Electronic: ISBN: 9783110215496 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 137.00 Comment: for orders placed in North America
Electronic: ISBN: 9783110215496 Pages: 366 Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110205183 Pages: 366 Price: Europe EURO 98.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9783110205183 Pages: 366 Price: U.S. $ 137.00 Comment: for orders placed in North America
Abstract:
This book describes and assesses pronunciation talent in its various dimensions, such as production and perception or the segmental and suprasegmental levels of speech. Special focus is put on the psychological and neural correlates of phonetic performance. Behavioral influences such as empathy or motivation are investigated. The resulting classification of proficiency and talent level is used to select subjects for neuroimaging studies in which differences in brain activity between talented and untalented individuals are observed.
Linguistic Field(s):
Neurolinguistics
Phonetics
Psycholinguistics