LINGUIST List 10.1227

Fri Aug 20 1999

Books: Neurolinguistics

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Susan Cronin, Neuroling: Language and the Brain, L. Obler & K. Gjerlow

Message 1: Neuroling: Language and the Brain, L. Obler & K. Gjerlow

Date: 18 Aug 99 12:41:01 -0700
From: Susan Cronin <scronincup.org>
Subject: Neuroling: Language and the Brain, L. Obler & K. Gjerlow

Language and the Brain Loraine Obler, City University of New York Graduate School Kris Gjerlow, Gamut Logistics, New York

How do our brains enable us to speak creatively and build up an understanding of language? This accessible book examines the linguistic and neuro-anatomical underpinnings of language and considers how language skills can systematically break down in individuals with different types of brain damage. By studying children with language disorders, adults with right-hemisphere brain damage, demented patients and people with reading problems, the authors provide an understanding of how language is organised in the brain.

Contents: Preface; 1. Neurolinguistics; 2. The brain; 3. How we know what we know about language; 4. Aphasia: classification of the syndromes; 5. Aphasia: what underlies the syndromes; 6. Childhood aphasia and other language disorders; 7. Right brain damage; 8. Dementia; 9. Disorders of the written word: dyslexia and dysgraphia; 10. Bilingualism; 11. Language organisation; 12. The future of neurolinguistic study; Notes; Glossary; Further Reading; Index. Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics 1999/224 pp. 0-521-46095-6/Hb/List: $54.95 Disc.: $43.96 0-521-46641-5/Pb/List: $17.95 Disc.: $14.36

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