Neurolinguistics Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
A discussion of the relationship between the human body and language seems to be the inevitable result of any reflexion by man on his particular condi tion. This has held true since the earliest records in written tradition. It may be an excessively ambitious undertaking to try to catalogue the the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1991, 1991
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1991 |
| Series: | Applied Psycholinguistics and Communication Disorders
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I The Prehistory of Linguistics
- 1: Early Beginnings
- 2: Observation and Theory: Reciprocal Influences
- 3: Emergence of Major Themes
- II The Mythology of Body and Mind
- 1: Language as a Determinant of Perception
- 2: Paths of Seeing
- 3: Language as a Physical Object
- III From the Realm of Words to the Realm of Objects
- 1: The Body as an Object of Knowledge
- 2: Institutionalizing Deviance
- 3: Illusions of Science
- IV The Birth of Neurolinguistics
- 1: The Broca Era
- 2: Language as an Object of Science
- 3: Neurolinguistic Discourse