Cognitive Psychology Arena

The Psychology of Language

From Data To Theory

• By Trevor A. Harley

The Psychology of Language (2^nd Edition) is a thorough revision and update of the popular first edition. Comprehensive and contemporary, it contains all the student...

Published August 23rd 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Language Policies in Education

Critical Issues

• Edited by James W. Tollefson

How do language policies in education serve the interests of dominant groups within societies? How do policies marginalize some students while granting privilege to others?...

Published July 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Language As Social Action

Social Psychology and Language Use

• By Thomas M. Holtgraves

This interdisciplinary synthesis of the social psychological aspects of language use provides an integrative and timely review of language as social action. The book successfully...

Published July 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms

• Edited by Barbara Comber, Anne Simpson

Negotiating Critical Literacies in Classrooms brings together accounts of educators who have sought to make a difference in the lives of their students through literacy...

Published June 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Language and Cognitive Processes in Developmental Disorders

Special Double Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes, Vol 15, Issues 2 & 3 (2001)

• Edited by Dorothy Bishop

This Special Issue encompasses studies of a wide range of developmental disorders, including Specific Language Impairment (SLI), reading disability, Williams Syndrome, hearing impairment and autistic...

Published May 10th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages

A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Word Formation

• Edited by Diane Brentari

This book takes a close look at the ways that five sign languages borrow elements from the surrounding, dominant spoken language community where each is...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Metaphor and Artificial Intelligence

A Special Double Issue of metaphor and Symbol

• Edited by John A. Barnden, Mark G. Lee

This special issue arose out of a symposium on metaphor and artificial intelligence in which the main orientation was computational models and psychological processing models...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Literacy and Motivation

Reading Engagement in individuals and Groups

• Edited by Ludo Verhoeven, Catherine E. Snow

The central question in this volume is how to create a society of "engaged readers" in today's world, where reading is increasingly overruled by other...

Published March 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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The Lea Guide To Composition

• By James D. Williams

The LEA Guide to Composition is firmly based on research into how people learn to write and draws on the most significant strategies and techniques...

Published February 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Critical English for Academic Purposes

Theory, Politics, and Practice

• By Sarah Benesch

Critical English for Academic Purposes: Theory, Politics, and Practice is the first book to combine the theory and practice of two fields: English for academic...

Published February 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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