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Language and the Brain

Language and the Brain

Language and the Brain

Loraine K. Obler, City University of New York
Kris Gjerlow, Gamut Logistics, Elizabeth, New Jersey
February 2018
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    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 organized in the brain.

    • Accessible - geared for undergraduates and the usual readers of the Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics series
    • Linguistic focus - approaches neurolinguistics from a linguistic viewpoint
    • Coherence - includes details of neuroanatomy for those not familiar with it and also a glossary of terms used

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    "… the book seems to be an excellent source for a quick overview of the field of neurolinguistics … truly interesting work …"
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    February 2018
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9781108145565
    0 pages
    0kg
    5 tables
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Neurolinguistics
    • 2. The brain
    • 3. How we know what we know about brain organization for 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
    • Glossary
    • Notes and further reading
    • Index.
      Authors
    • Loraine K. Obler , City University of New York
    • Kris Gjerlow , Gamut Logistics, Elizabeth, New Jersey