Title Details

Words in the Mind 2e
Buy Rights Online Buy Rights

Rights Contact Login For More Details

More About This Title Words in the Mind 2e

  • English

English

Jean Aitchison is the Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, and a Professorial Fellow at Worcester College. In her research she is concerned with the mental lexicon, language change and the language of the media. She has lectured in various parts of the world, including the USA, Europe and India, and is the author of The Articulate Mammal (fourth edition, 1998), Language Change (third edition, 2001), Linguistics (fifth edition, 1999), The Seeds of Speech (1996) and The Language Web (1997).
  • English

English

Preface.

Part I: Aims and Evidence:.

1. Welcome to Dictionopolis! The Human Word-store.

2. Links in the Chain. Assessing the Evidence.

3. Programming Dumbella. Modelling the Mental Lexicon.

Part II: Basic Ingredients:.

4. Slippery Customers. Attempts to Pin down the Meaning of Words.

5. Bad Birds and Better Birds. Prototype Theories.

6. Whispering Chambers of the Imagination. Prototypes as Mental Models.

7. The Primordial Atomic Globule Hunt. The Search for Semantic Primitives.

8. Word-webs. Semantic Networks.

9. Lexical All-sorts. Parts of Speech.

10. Verb-power. The Role of Verbs.

11. Bits of Words. The Internal Architecture of Words.

12. Taking Care of the Sounds. Dealing with the Sound Patterns.

Part III: Newcomers:.

13. Interpreting Ice-cream Cones. Extending Old Words.

14. Globbering Mattresses. Creating New Words.

15. What is a Bongaloo, Daddy? How Children Learn the Meaning of Words.

16. Aggergog Miggers, Wips and Gucks. How Children Cope with the Sound Structure of Words.

Part IV: The Overall Picture:.

17. Seeking and Finding. Selected Words.

18. Organized Guesswork. Recognized Words.

19. Odd Arrangements and Funny Solutions. The Organization of the Mental Lexicon.

20. Last Word. Final Comments and Future Questions. Abbreviations and Symbols.

Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading.

References.

Acknowledgements.

Index.

  • English

English

‘This very fine book represents state-of-the-art research in a relatively unconventional easy-to-read frame.’ Language<!--end-->

‘If you want to find out about the current state of knowledge concerning language in the brain with the least possible pain, then read this friendly book.’ David Crystal, English Today

loading