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Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

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Written by a professional writer and researcher, Julie Sedivy's Language in Mind, Second Edition provides an exceptionally accessible introduction to the challenging task of learning psycholinguistic research, theory, and application. Offering a research-based approach-supported by the new "Researchers at Work" feature which shows the process of conducting an experiment-Language in Mind emphasizes not just what psycholinguists know, but how they've come to know it. To deepen the student's exposure to research and scientific thinking, which is an important skill in follow-up courses, the text also includes a critical examination of primary literature and the debates in the field (supported by the in-text "Digging Deeper" feature; and online with Web Activities and "Language at Large" modules). To complete the study of psycholinguistics, the text establishes connections between theory and everyday phenomena (supported by Boxes and "Questions to Contemplate" features). A robust 4-color illustration program distinguishes this book from others, and further explains and illustrates challenging material.

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First published March 1, 2014

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August 1, 2020
Words simply cannot unambiguously describe how much of an impact this book made and will be making on the way I perceive languages - in my own mind and the minds of others, the why and how we make a choice of a certain word or expression, the subtle clues in one's vocabulary use, the altered perceptions of the world after acquiring a new language, the way we learn, remember, forget, invent, play, feel, interact, express, process and communicate.

Monumental creation.
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26 reviews
December 12, 2020
amazing......10/10 recommend.....have changed the way i view language / thought / mind
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December 16, 2025
I had to read this for the class I took at CMU this semester and you better believe I am including it in my Goodreads stats because holy wow was this an exhausting textbook (though very interesting subject matter) and I read every single page of it. We only had access to the e-book because the physical copy was over $100 as is the state of college textbooks... corruption!!! I had such a hard time reading this because I don't have a Kindle/e-reader device so read it on my computer and let me just say that is NOT my preferred reading method. Learned a lot, and I bet if I had read this in physical format it would've been much more pleasant. Not rating this because idk how to rate a literal college textbook.
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May 26, 2026
Esse livro mudou completamente como eu vejo e entendo a linguagem...

As ideias que eu achei mais interessantes:

- O debate entre os nativistas e os anti-nativistas sobre se a linguagem é algo que já vem programado na gente, ou seja, que a capacidade linguística seria geneticamene determinada (nativistas) ou se é um subproduto das nossas capacidades cognitivas, tipo como se nosso cérebro fosse um supercomputador capaz de aprender padrões (anti-nativistas). eu ainda não consegui decidir por uma das teorias, as duas parecem possíveis e fascinantes kkk.

- "Entender a linguagem não é só entender palavras, é entender a intenção de comunicar". A comunicação envolve contexto, interferência, expectativa, memória, emoção e outras pistas que vão muito além do significado literal das frases. Saber interpretar o outro!!!

- O Nicaraguan Sign Language ter sido criado por crianças (espontaneamente!) só pelo desejo de se comunicar. É um exemplo poderoso de como a linguagem pode emergir coletivamente, de forma natural, quando há interação humana e vontade de ser copreendido... i could cry thinking about it.

- Gostei muito de ler e aprender sobre o cérebro e em que partes dele a linguagem se concentra que é basicamente no cérebro todo, mas é uma loucura para mim esses estudos que detectam que partes do cérebro são ativaos com tipo a gramática, a memória semántica, as interpretações, a leitura etc...

- O conceito do split-brain! que loucura sinceramente...

Enquanto li esse livro, também li outros livros que, embora não são didáticos, tratavam de linguagem e sinceramente estou com a mente completamente blown away. Tenho tanta coisa por aprender e ler sobre este tema que só de pensar nisso me deixa animada demaissssssssssss.

Poder se comunicar, formular pensamentos, ser compreendido e tentar compreender é algo que parece meio banal no dia dia, mas it is truly um privilégio, uma das capacidades mais extraordinárias da experiência humana!
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November 27, 2023
great textbook tbh - definitely adding this because i had to read every single page so it COUNTS towards my reading goal
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