Discourse Ability and Brain Damage: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives by Yv

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Nonprofessional observers assume that linguists study exotic languages, that when they choose to focus on their own language, they will examine the meanings of utterances and the uses to which language is put. Such onlookers are taken aback to learn that the learning of remote languages is a marginal activity for most linguists;

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Nonspecialists are often surprised by the issues studied and the perspectives assumed by basic scientific researchers. Nowhere has the surprise traditionally been greater than in the field of psychology. College students anticipate that their psychology courses will illuminate their personal problems and their friends' per­ sonalities; they are nonplussed to discover that the perception of geometric forms and the running ofT-mazes dominates the textbooks. The situation is comparable in the domain of linguistics. Nonprofessional observers assume that linguists study exotic languages, that when they choose to focus on their own language, they will examine the meanings of utterances and the uses to which language is put. Such onlookers are taken aback to learn that the learning of remote languages is a marginal activity for most linguists; they are equally amazed to discover that the lion's share of work in the discipline focuses on issues of syntax and phonol­ ogy, which are virtually invisible to the speaker of a language. Science moves in its own, often mysterious ways, and there are perfectly good reasons why experimental psychologists prefer to look at mazes rather than at madness, and why linguists study syntax rather than Sanskrit. Nonetheless, it is a happy event for all concerned when the interests of professionals and non­ specialists begin to move toward one another and a field of study comes to address the "big questions" as well as the experimentally most tractable ones. Discourse Ability and Brain Damage reflects this trend in scientific research.

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Section 1: Theoretical Perspectives.- 1 Discourse Analysis in Linguistics: Historical and Theoretical Background.- 2 The Psycholinguistics of Discourse Comprehension.- 3 Text Analysis: Macro- and Microstructural Aspects of Discourse Processing.- 4 The Cognitive Representation and Processing of Discourse: Function and Dysfunction.- Section 2: Empirical Perspectives.- 5 Discourse Comprehension by Right-Hemisphere Stroke Patients: Deficits of Prediction and Revision.- 6 Narrative Discourse in Right-Brain-Damaged Right-Handers.- 7 Text Comprehension and Production in Aphasia: Analysis in Terms of Micro- and Macrostructure.- 8 Narrative and Procedural Discourse in Aphasia.- 9 Discourse Ability in Children after Brain Damage.- 10 Discourse Abilities and Deficits in Multilingual Dementia.- 11 Gender-Specific Discourse Differences in Aphasia.- Author Index.

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Nonspecialists are often surprised by the issues studied and the perspectives assumed by basic scientific researchers. Nowhere has the surprise traditionally been greater than in the field of psychology. College students anticipate that their psychology courses will illuminate their personal problems and their friends' per

Details ISBN1461279399 Short Title DISCOURSE ABILITY & BRAIN DAMA Series Springer Series in Neuropsychology Language English ISBN-10 1461279399 ISBN-13 9781461279396 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-09-17 Pages 258 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Subtitle Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Edited by Hiram Brownell Illustrations XVI, 258 p. DOI 10.1007/978-1-4612-3262-9 AU Release Date 2011-09-17 NZ Release Date 2011-09-17 US Release Date 2011-09-17 UK Release Date 2011-09-17 Author Hiram Brownell Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 Alternative 9780387970448 DEWEY 616.8552 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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