Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics |
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Editor:
| Nakayama, Mineharu Mazuka, Reiko Shirai, Yasuhiro |
General Editor:
| Li, Ping Lin |
Series title: | The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics 3 Volume Paperback Set Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-107-50457-8 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $41.99 |
Book Description:
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A large body of knowledge has accumulated in recent years on the cognitive processes and mechanisms underlying language. Much of this knowledge has come from studies of Indo-European languages, particularly English. This handbook, the second in a three-volume series on East Asian psycholinguistics, presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the psycholinguistic study of Japanese. A language of growing interest to linguists, Japanese differs significantly from Indo-European languages in...
More DescriptionA large body of knowledge has accumulated in recent years on the cognitive processes and mechanisms underlying language. Much of this knowledge has come from studies of Indo-European languages, particularly English. This handbook, the second in a three-volume series on East Asian psycholinguistics, presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the psycholinguistic study of Japanese. A language of growing interest to linguists, Japanese differs significantly from Indo-European languages in its grammar, its lexicon, and its written and spoken forms --features which have profound implications for the learning, representation and processing of language.