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Psychology and Language: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics
Hardcover; 608 numbered pages; text, glossary, bibliography, index, illustrations, tables; standard & comprehesive introduction to the field of psycholinguistics; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977.
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624 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1977
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October 25, 2010
okay I know, I know this book is psycho linguistics but it is soo fun. It is very dry and lots of definitions and too old to be remotely up to date. But I think that old theories are more fun than new theories although perhaps not relevant to a linguistics class. But this book helps to understand how conversations work.
Take for example(somewhat edited):
Jewess: Is this ours or is it a children's book (a copy of enders shadow)
Me: It looks like juvie, and it's priced like one... Yeah kids.
J: what's the difference?
M: nothing
J: But why is it kids.
M: because kids read it.
J: It's an adult book
M: All scifi is written at a 12 year old level according to thomas disch (we were standing in the sci fi section just on the basis of humor)
J: You read sci fi.
M: Yeah I love it
J: So you're a child
M: No, that's like saying only children can read peter pan.
Psycholinguistics allows us to understand comprehension errors in this sentence. The listener assumed saying something was written for twelve year olds was meant as an insult. This refelects a problem in the semantic and pragmatic processing of the statement as well as an error in the fundamental quality and relevance agreements of language.
Because I read this book I can say self important things like that. read this book and you can say them too.
Take for example(somewhat edited):
Jewess: Is this ours or is it a children's book (a copy of enders shadow)
Me: It looks like juvie, and it's priced like one... Yeah kids.
J: what's the difference?
M: nothing
J: But why is it kids.
M: because kids read it.
J: It's an adult book
M: All scifi is written at a 12 year old level according to thomas disch (we were standing in the sci fi section just on the basis of humor)
J: You read sci fi.
M: Yeah I love it
J: So you're a child
M: No, that's like saying only children can read peter pan.
Psycholinguistics allows us to understand comprehension errors in this sentence. The listener assumed saying something was written for twelve year olds was meant as an insult. This refelects a problem in the semantic and pragmatic processing of the statement as well as an error in the fundamental quality and relevance agreements of language.
Because I read this book I can say self important things like that. read this book and you can say them too.
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December 5, 2020
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March 30, 2019
Hello. I urgently need this book for my research. can anyone do me a favour by sending the e-book file to ririn7268@gmail.com please? I'll really appreciate it. thanks a lot
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February 5, 2012Clark, Herbert H.
1977
BF455 .C59 1977
1977
BF455 .C59 1977
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