The Routledge International Handbook of Psycholinguistic and Cognitive Processes

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the theories of cognition and language processing relevant to the field of communication disorders. Thoroughly updated in its second edition, the book explores a range of topics and issues that illustrate the relevance of a dynamic interaction between both theoretical and applied clinical work. Beginning with the origins of language evolution, the authors explore a range of both developmental and acquired communication disorders, reflecting the variety and complexity of psycholinguistics and its role in extending our knowledge of communication disorders. The first section outlines some of the major theoretical approaches from psycholinguistics and cognitive neuroscience that have been influential in research focusing on clinical populations, while Section II features examples from researchers who have applied this body of knowledge to developmental disorders of communication. Section III features examples focusing on acquired language disorders, and finally, Section IV considers psycholinguistic approaches to gesture, sign language, and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC). The new edition features new chapters offering fresh perspectives, further reading recommendations and a new epilogue from Jackie Guendouzi. This valuable text serves as a single interdisciplinary resource for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in cognitive neurosciences, psychology, communication sciences and disorders, as well as researchers new to the field of communication disorders or to psycholinguistic theory.

Jackie Guendouzi, Ph.D., is a Professor and department head of Health and Human Sciences at Southeastern Louisiana University, United States. Filip Loncke, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of Virginia's School of Education and Human Development, United States. Mandy J. Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Dakota, United States.

Psycholinguistics: Some Basic Considerations SECTION I: Language Processing 1. The Development of Linguistic Systems: Insights From Evolution 2. Emergentism and Language Disorders 3. Healthy Aging and Communication: The Complexities of, Um, Fluent Speech Production 4. Working Memory and Attention in Language Use 5. Neurobiological Bases of the Semantic Processing of Words 6. From Phonemes to Discourse: Event-Related Brain Potentials (Erps) and Paradigms For Investigating Normal and Abnormal Language Processing 7. Early Word Learning: Reflections on Behavior, Connectionist Models, and Brain Mechanisms Indexed by ERP Components 8. Connectionist Models of Aphasia Revisited 9. Modeling the Attentional Control of Vocal Utterances: From Wernicke to WEAVER++ 10. Theories of Semantic Processing 11. Language Comprehension: A Neurocognitive Perspective 12. Familiar Language: Formulaic Expressions, Lexical Bundles, and Collocations in Mind and Brain 13. Relevance Theory and Language Interpretation 14. How Similarity Influences Word Recognition: The Effect of Neighbors 15. Two Theories of Speech Production and Perception 16. Psycholinguistic Validity and Phonological Representation 17. From Phonology to Articulation: A Neurophonetic View SECTION II: Developmental Disorders 18. Temporal Processing in Children With Language Disorders 19. Language Processing in Children With Language Impairment 20. Grammatical-Specific Language Impairment: A Window Onto Domain Specificity 21. The Developing Mental Lexicon of Children With Specific Language Impairment 22. Screening and interventions for developmental fluency disorders 23. An Approach to Differentiating Bilingualism and Language Impairment 24. Constraints-based nonlinear phonology: Clinical applications for English, Kuwaiti Arabic, and Mandarin 25. Bilingual Children with SLI: Theories, Research and Future Directions SECTION III: Acquired Disorders 26. Apraxia of Speech: From Psycholinguistic Theory to the Conceptualization and Management of an Impairment 27. The Role of Memory and Attention in Aphasic Language Performance 28. Remediation of Theory of Mind Impairments in Adults with Acquired Brain Injury 29. Breakdown of Semantics in Aphasia and Dementia: A Role for Attention? 30. Neurolinguistic and Neurocognitive Considerations of Language Organization and Processing in Multilingual Individuals SECTION IV: Language and Other Modalities 31. Gestures and Growth Points in Language Disorders 32. Neural Organization of Language: Clues From Sign Language Aphasia 33. Sign Language and Sign Language Research 34. Psycholinguistics and Augmentative and Alternative Communication 35. Epilogue: Applying Psycholinguistic Theories to Conversation Data in the Context of Dementia