本書是一本論文集。多位世界知名學者立足于語言學、認知和發(fā)展心理學、神經(jīng)心理學、心理語言學、病理語言學等特定學科領域，從不同維度、不同理論視角、不同研究方法出發(fā)，共同探討語言認知的奧秘。本書內容全面，用語簡單易懂，堪稱語言認知與神經(jīng)心理學界面研究的一部佳作。

當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫（升級版）是主要面向高校英語專業(yè)高年級本科生、研究生及英語教師的一套大型的、開放性的系列叢書。本升級版或保留原有經(jīng)典圖書品種，或繼之以經(jīng)典圖書的新版，或引進國外語言學與應用語言學領域的新銳力作以進一步拓展學科領域，希望它能繼續(xù)對我國語言學教學與研究和外語教學與研究起到積極的推動作用。
《語言認知的神經(jīng)心理學視角》是當代國外語言學與應用語言學文庫（升級版）中的一本，本書內容全面，跨學科性強，語言簡明，堪稱語言認知與神經(jīng)心理學界面研究的佳作。

科里內·阿斯特薩諾（Corine Astésano）是法國圖盧茲第二大學語言科學系副教授，她在包括韻律學、實驗語音學以及語言和音樂的神經(jīng)認知等領域方面頗有建樹。
梅拉妮·朱克拉（Mélanie Jucla）是法國圖盧茲第二大學語言科學系副教授，她的專業(yè)領域是語言的神經(jīng)心理學，尤其聚焦于發(fā)展性閱讀障礙、神經(jīng)語言學以及語言認知。

Contents
Introduction 1
1 Neuropsycholinguistics according to Jean-Luc Nespoulous 3
PART 1 Linguistic mechanisms and the architecture of language 13
2 Phonological markedness, acquisition and language pathology: What is left of the Jakobsonian legacy? 15
3 Function versus regions in spatial language: A fundamental distinction 31
4 From language acquisition to language pathology: Cross-linguistic perspectives 46
5 Semantic subcategories of nouns and verbs: A neurolinguistic review on healthy adults and patients with Alzheimers disease 61
PART 2 The relationship between language and other cognitive processes 75
6 Phonological similarity can also impair transcoding: A study in French 77
7 Influence of musical expertise on the perception of pitch, duration and intensity variations in speech and harmonic sounds 88
8 Gestures and multimodal communication: Developmental and pathological aspects 103
9 Cognitive processes underlying pragmatic impairments after a right-hemisphere lesion 117
PART 3 Assessment of speech & language disabilities and compensatory mechanisms 129
10 Describing and interpreting variability in agrammatic speech production 131
11 Disability, repair strategies and communicative effectiveness at the phonic level: Evidence from a multiple-case study 144
12 Applying phonetic investigation methods to the assessment of dysphonia and dysarthria 166
13 Allying information and communications technology with (psycho)linguistic sciences to design alternative and augmentative communication systems for persons with speech and motor impairment 183
Appendix 6.1 199
Index 201