Asymmetries between Language Production and Comprehension

• Main Author: Hendriks, Petra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 42
• Subjects: Linguistics.; Linguistics, general.

This book asserts that language is a signaling system rather than a code, based in part on such research as the finding that 5-year-old English and Dutch children use pronouns correctly in their own utterances, but often fail to interpret these forms correctly when used by someone else. Emphasizing...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Understanding and Misunderstanding
• 2 Asymmetries in Language Acquisition
• 3 The Listener’s Perspective
• 4 The Speaker’s Perspective
• 5 Symmetry and Asymmetry Across Languages
• 6 Competing Perspectives
• Appendix
• Index.