The Psychology of Language and Communication

Preface. The Nature of Communication. Channels of Human Communication. Kinesic Channels of Human Communication. The Language Channel. Linguistic Diversity: Babel and Beyond. Variation Within a Language. The Psycholinguistics of Speaking. The Stream of Behaviour: Co-ordinating Verbal and Non-verbal Channels. Conversation as Co-operative Interaction. Conversational Structure. Writing. Language Reception: Recognizing Spoken and Written Words. Language Comprehension and Memory. The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Language and Communication. The Development of Language and Communication.