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Some questions about language / by Adler, Mortimer J.(Mortimer Jerome),1902-2001.(CARDINAL)141512;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Psychobabble : a straight forward , plain English guide to the benefits of NLP / by Blinston, Donna.(CARDINAL)428176;
Subjects: Psycholinguistics.; Neurolinguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The power of language : how the codes we use to think, speak, and live transform our minds / by Marian, Viorica,author.(CARDINAL)866356;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction, or Welcome! -- Self. Mind boggling -- The parallel processing super-organism -- On creativity, perception, and thought -- The word made flesh -- Childhood, aging, and in-between -- Another language, another soul -- Society. The ultimate influencer -- Words of change -- Found in translation -- The codes of our minds -- The future of science and technology -- In conclusion, or Happy trails!"This revolutionary book goes beyond any recent book on language to dissect how language operates in our minds and how to harness its virtually limitless power. As Dr. Marian explains, while you may well think you speak only one language, in fact your mind accommodates multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin. Some speak poetry, some are fluent in math. The human brain is built to use multiple languages, and using more languages opens doors to creativity, brain health, andcognitive control. Every new language we speak shapes how we extract and interpret information. It alters what we remember, how we perceive ourselves and the world around us, how we feel, the insights we have, the decisions we make, and the actions we take. Language is an invaluable tool for organizing, processing, and structuring information, and thereby unleashing radical advancement. Learning a new language has broad lifetime consequences, and Dr. Marian reviews research showing that it: Improves executive function-our ability to focus on the things that matter and ignore the things that don't; Results in higher scores on creative-thinking tasks; Develops critical reasoning skills; Delays Alzheimer's and other types of dementia by four to six years; Improves decisions made under emotional duress; Changes what we see, pay attention to, and recall"--
Subjects: Psycholinguistics.; Multilingualism.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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A lexicon of lunacy : metaphoric malady, moral responsiblity, and psychiatry. by Szasz, Thomas,1920-2012.(CARDINAL)123696;
Subjects: Antipsychiatry.; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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More than words : how talking sharpens the mind and shapes our world / by MacDonald, Maryellen Coles,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- We Do the Talking -- Talk Baby to Me -- The Challenge of Talking -- Talking Tunes Our Brains -- Talking and Mental Focus -- Talking to Learn -- Talking and Aging Well -- Talking out in the World -- Talking Changeth Language -- By Your Talking You Shall Be Judged -- The Emerging Science Analyzing our Talk -- Afterword."A professor of psychology and language sciences, Maryellen MacDonald's book explores the power of talking, how we do it, how it shapes us, and how we can harness discussion to better connect with each other"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Speech.; Psycholinguistics.; Psychology.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Linguaphile : a life of language love / by Sedivy, Julie,author.(CARDINAL)865668;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-318).Childhood. Before meaning ; Minds, meeting and parting ; Feral polyglot ; Prosthesis ; Crevasses -- Maturity. The rectilinear movement of time ; Resolving ambiguities ; How to be a success! ; Pleasure hunts -- Loss. Missing words ; Limits ; Silence."If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, signed, understood, and misunderstood, in all its infinite glory. In this ingenious, lyrical exploration, Julie Sedivy draws on years of experience in the lab and a lifetime of linguistic love to bring the discoveries of linguistics home, to the place language itself lives: within the yearnings of the human heart and amid the complex social bonds that it makes possible. Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love follows the path that language takes through a human life--from an infant's first attempts at sense-making to the vulnerabilities and losses that accompany aging. As Sedivy shows, however, language and life are inextricable, and here she offers them together: a childish misunderstanding of her mother's meaning reveals the difficulty of relating to other minds; frustration with "professional" communication styles exposes the labyrinth of standards that define success; the first signs of hearing loss lead to a meditation on society's discomfort with physical and mental limitations. Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Autobiographies.; Language and languages.; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 12
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Talking hands : what sign language reveals about the mind / by Fox, Margalit.(CARDINAL)485909;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-334) and index.In the village of the deaf -- "What is this wonderful language?" -- The road to Al-Sayyid -- The sign-language instinct -- Starry night -- The atoms of sign -- The house of blue roses -- Everyone here speaks sign language -- Hyssop -- The web of words -- The house built from the second story down -- Grammar in midair -- Hassan's house -- A sign in mind -- The house of twenty children -- The signing brain -- In a wet place -- Afterword : It takes a village.
Subjects: Sign language; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Talking hands : what sign language reveals about the mind / by Fox, Margalit.(CARDINAL)475716;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index.
Subjects: Sign language; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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You are what you say : the six-week proven program that teaches you how to use the power of language to conquer emotional and physical stress / by Budd, Matthew.(CARDINAL)702894; Rothstein, Larry.(CARDINAL)754929;
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.
Subjects: Self-talk.; Mind and body.; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Adam's tongue : how humans made language, how language made humans / by Bickerton, Derek.(CARDINAL)724048;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-271) and index.The size of the problem -- Thinking like engineers -- Singing apes? -- Chatting apes? -- Niches aren't everything (they-re the only thing) -- Our ancestors in their niches -- Go to the ant, thou sluggard -- The big bang -- The challenge from Chomsky -- Making up our minds -- An acorn grows to a sapling -- The sapling becomes an oak.How language evolved has been called "the hardest problem in science." Linguist Derek Bickerton shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. This book is the first that thoroughly integrates the story of how language evolved with the story of how humans evolved. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton produces a dazzling new alternative to the conventional wisdom. Language is unique to humans, but it isn't the only thing that sets us apart from other species--our cognitive powers are qualitatively different. So could there be two separate discontinuities between humans and the rest of nature? No, says Bickerton; he shows how the mere possession of symbolic units--words--automatically opened a new and different cognitive universe.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Human evolution.; Language and languages.; Psycholinguistics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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