Psychology of language : a critical introduction

Author(s)

• Forrester, Michael A.

Bibliographic Information

Psychology of language : a critical introduction

Michael A. Forrester

SAGE Publications, 1996

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [197]-210

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

`Appealing in its attempt to approach the psychology of language from a wide range of often controversial viewpoints.... Forrester's book is a book of reflection. The work constitutes a nice addition to the alternative book library of the advanced graduate student or academic' - Contemporary Psychology This comprehensive textbook brings together diverse themes on the psychology of language in an integrated way. Rather than covering only the formal-structural aspects of language, Forrester provides a broad view of the study of language across various perspectives, focusing throughout on interesting relationships between language and human psychological processes. The book provides a clear introduction to key topics from language structure and processing, semantics and cognitive science, to conversation analysis, reading and writing, power relations in communication and postmodern psychology. The author explores language by considering three themes: thinking - the cognitive processes of self-communication; talk - where the emphasis is on everyday conversational behaviour; and text - including the study of reading and writing. A coherent framework is developed by looking at topics which link the themes together, clearly demonstrating the relationship between language and communication processes.

Table of Contents

Introduction Language Structure and the Significance of Recursion Semantics The Concept of Meaning Deixis The Interface between Language and Social Interaction Conversational Analysis and Accountability in Everyday Talk Processes and Procedures in Conversational Interaction Power Relations in Language Sign Systems and Social Semiotics The Role of the Reader in Text Interpretation Writing and the Construction of Narrative Text Post-Modern Psychology and Language Discourse Analysis and Social Psychology

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Details

• NCID: BA27843933
• ISBN:
  • 0803979908
  • 0803979916
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 216 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 401.9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psycholinguistics