Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Understanding Language Science

This textbook offers a cutting-edge introduction to psycholinguistics, exploring the cognitive processes underlying language acquisition and use. It provides students and faculty with: 

• a step-by-step tour through language acquisition, production, and comprehension, from the word level to sentences and dialogue
• rich coverage of both theory and data, including in-depth descriptions of the experimental evidence behind theories
• a comprehensive review of research in bilingual language processing, sign language, reading, and the neurological basis of language production and comprehension
• perspectives on the subject from psychology, linguistics, philosophy, computer science, neurology, and neurophysiology
• a full program of resources for instructors and students, including review exercises, a test bank, and lecture slides, available at www.wiley.com/go/traxler 

Covering the full spectrum of language representations and processes, and drawing on the most current research available from a range of scientific perspectives, this is the best introduction to the psychology of language available today.