Psychology of Language: A Critical Introduction

By Michael A Forrester and Michael A. Forrester

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803979916
• ISBN13: 9780803979918
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"