Chapter 12 Outline

Chapter 12 Outline

  • Introduction
  • Introductory Box Dyslexia
  • Speech
    • Producing speech
    • Comprehending speech
    • Interpreting speech sounds
    • Sentences, grammar, and syntax
    • The importance of context
  • Box 12A Representing Speech Sounds in Written Form
  • Acquiring Speech and Language
    • Learning a vocabulary
    • The shaping of phonemes and phones
    • A critical period for language acquisition
    • Mechanisms of language learning
    • Effects of language deprivation
  • Theories of Language
    • Is there a “universal grammar”?
    • Connectionist theory
  • The Neural Bases of Language
    • Neural bases for producing speech and language
    • Neural bases for comprehending language
    • Additional evidence from neurosurgery
    • Contributions of the right hemisphere to language
  • Box 12B Language, Handedness, and Cerebral Dominance
  • Noninvasive Studies of Language Organization
    • Evidence that the neural basis of language is fundamentally symbolic
  • Genetic Determination of Language Functions
  • Is Human Language Unique?
  • Box 12C Representing Number
  • Box 12D Learned Vocal Communication in Non-human Species
  • The Origins of Human Language
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