CiNii 図書 - The focusing hypothesis : the theory of left hemisphere lateralised language re-examined

This book explores the nature of the control of language processing by the hemispheres of the neocortex. The author expounds a novel hypothesis, "The Focusing Hypothesis", which holds that language processing in the brain is achieved through analytic and holistic systems, the former through left and the latter through right hemisphere processing. This hypothesis differs from current thinking in so far as it proposes that the involvement of the two systems (and two hemispheres) depends on the strategy selected by the speaker and that the engagement by one hemisphere over another will depend upon the communicative intent of the speaker and the propositionality of the utterance under production. Throughout the book there are useful and important discussions on such topics as the value of laboratory-based psycholinguistic experiments - given their tendency to encourage a "metalinguistic" strategy on the part of subjects, the nature of propositionality in language and brain and the difficulties of testing this hypothesis given the research approaches currently available. The Focusing Hypothesis is tested by comprehensive review of the existing experimental psycholinguistic, neuropsychological and neurophysiological literature, and a range of predictions which follow from the hypothesis are detailed.

1. Foreword
2. Notes on Terminology
3. Introduction
4. Chapter One: The Focusing Hypothesis
5. 1.1 Defining Terms
6. 1.2 The Dynamic Relationship of the Two Systems
7. 1.3 Juxtaposition
8. 1.4 Proposition-Focused Language (PFL) and Language-Focused Language (LFL)
9. 1.5 A Brief Justification for Holistic Language Processing
10. 1.6 The Operation of the Holistic Mechanisms
11. 1.7 Formulae in Language Processing
12. 1.8 The Acquisition of Formulae
13. 1.9 Strategies
14. 1.10 The Right and Left Hemispheres
15. Notes to Chapter One
16. Chapter Two: Theoretical Issues
17. 2.1 Introduction
18. 2.2 Terminology
19. 2.3 The Reduction of Juxtapositional Complexity
20. Notes to Chapter Two
21. Chapter Three: Support for the Structure of the Focusing Hypothesis
22. 3.1 Introduction
23. 3.2 Dual Systems
24. 3.3 Optimal Processing
25. 3.4 Holistic Processing
26. 3.5 Strategies
27. 3.6 Clausal Processing: Challenge and Support
28. 3.7 Summary
29. Notes to Chapter Three
30. Chapter Four: Experimental Psycholinguistic Studies
31. 4.1 Introduction
32. 4.2 Dichotic Listening Tests
33. 4.3 Problems with the Dichotic Listening Test
34. 4.4 Tachistoscopic Tests
35. 4.5 Verbal-Manual Interference Tasks
36. 4.6 Lateral Eye Movement
37. 4.7 Comments
38. 4.8 Prediction: Language Focus in Experiments
39. 4.9 The Scope for Controlling Focus in Experiments
40. 4.10 The Value of Psycholinguistic Date in Evaluating the Focusing Hypothesis
41. Notes to Chapter Four
42. Chapter Five: Clinical Investigations
43. 5.1 Introduction
44. 5.2 Left Hemisphere Lesion
45. 5.3 The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Language
46. 5.4 Inconsistencies in the Clinical Data
47. 5.5 Prediction: Disruption to the Processing Mechanisms of Left-Hemisphere-Damaged Patients
48. 5.6 Prediction: Disruption to the Processing Mechanisms of Right-Hemisphere-Damaged Patients
49. 5.7 Prediction: The Token Test
50. 5.8 Prediction: The Effect of the Right Hemisphere Processing of Emotional & Intonational Cues on Beginner Readers & on Left- and Right-Hemisphere-Damaged Patients
51. 5.9 Summary and Comments
52. Notes to Chapter Five
53. Chapter Six: Neurophysiological Investigations
54. 6.1 Introduction
55. 6.2 Anatomy
56. 6.3 Dynamic Studies
57. 6.4 Prediction: Detecting Right Hemisphere Activity
58. Note to Chapter Six
59. Chapter Seven: Towards a Model for Output
60. Notes to Chapter Seven
61. Chapter Eight: Evaluating the Hypothesis
62. Note to Chapter Eight
63. Appendix
64. Bibliography
65. Index

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