Psycholinguistics: covers the core areas of psycholinguistics: language as a human attribute, language and the brain, vocabulary storage and use, language and memory, the four skills (writing, reading, listening, speaking), comprehension, language impairment and deprivation draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including a BBC Radio Four interview and an essay written by a deaf writer provides classic readings by the key names in the discipline, including Aitchison, Deacon, Logie, Levelt and Bishop. Visit the accompanying website at www routledge.com/textbooks/0415276004