Lexical Representation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

by Gareth Gaskell (Editor), Pienie Zwitserlood (Editor)

Overview

This book includes the work of experts from a wide range of backgrounds who share the desire to understand how the human brain represents words. The focus of the volume is on the nature and structure of word forms and morphemes, the processes operating on the speech input to gain access to lexical representations, the modeling and acquisition of these processes, and on the neural underpinnings of lexical representation and process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110224931
Publisher:	De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date:	05/26/2011
Series:	Phonology and Phonetics [PP] Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Gareth Gaskell, University of York, UK; Pinie Zwitserlood, University of Muenster, Germany.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Lexical representation: A multidisciplinary approach Pienie Zwitserlood Gareth Gaskell 1

Semantic constraints on morphological processing Kathleen Rastle Marjolein Merkx 13

The lexicon and phonetic categories: Change is bad, change is necessary Arthur G. Samuel 33

Early links in the early lexicon: Semantically related word-pairs prime picture looking in the second year Suzy Styles Kim Plunkett 51

Words: Discrete and discreet mental representations Aditi Lahiri 89

Neural systems underlying lexical competition in auditory word recognition and spoken word production: Evidence from aphasia and functional neuroimaging Sheila E. Blumstein 123

Connectionist perspectives on lexical representation DavidC.Plaut 149

Recognizing words from speech: The perception-action-memory loop David Poeppel William Idsardi 171

Brain structures underlying lexical processing of speech: Evidence from brain imaging Matthew H. Davis Jennifer M. Rodd 197

The neuronal infrastructure for unification at multiple levels Peter Hagoort 231

Subject index 243

Colour plates 246