Asymmetries between Language Production and Comprehension

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Hendriks, Petra (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics, 42
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.