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Psychology of Language and Thought

Essays on the Theory and History of Psycholinguistics

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. R. W. Rieber

    1. John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, USA
      Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in applied psycholinguistics (SAP)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. An Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Theoretical and Historical Roots of Psycholinguistic Research

      • R. W. Rieber, Harold Vetter
      Pages 3-49

  3. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Cordemoy and ‘Cartesian Linguistics’

      • Karl D. Uitti
      Pages 53-76

    3. Condillac’s Epistemolinguistic Question

      • James H. Stam
      Pages 77-90

    4. The Perceptible and the Imperceptible: Diderot’s Speculation on Language in his Letters on the Deaf and Blind

      • Jules Paul Seigel
      Pages 91-102

  4. Nineteenth Century Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. James Rush and the Theory of Voice and Mind

      • Peter Ostwald, R. W. Rieber
      Pages 105-119

    3. William Thornton and the Practical Applications of New Writing Systems

      • Jeffrey Wollock
      Pages 121-151

    4. Jean Itard: A Memoir on Stuttering

      • Michael J. Clark
      Pages 153-184

  5. Twentieth Century Contributions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Hermann Paul’s View of the Nature of Language

      • W. Keith Percival
      Pages 187-196

    3. Noam Chomsky and Cartesian Linguistics

      • John J. Sullivan
      Pages 197-223

    4. Edward Wheeler Scripture, Phonetician

      • John W. Black
      Pages 225-238

    5. An Historical Perspective on ‘Linguistic Relativity’

      • James H. Stam
      Pages 239-262

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-270
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About this book

The fact that one would contemplate publication of a book such as this indicates both the maturity and the growth of activity that have taken place in the field of psycholinguistics over the past few decades. More­ over, the fact that psycholinguists and/or scholars of the history of ideas are interested in the history of their subject clearly demonstrates that much has been accomplished, and the time is indeed ripe for the reassess­ ment of whence we have come. In addition, perhaps this interest in our historical past suggests that psycholinguistics is at a critical stage in its development. There are many scholars who believe that this critical stage manifests itself primarily in a search for a new paradigm. It would seem only reasonable to suggest that when members of a profession are search­ ing for something new, more than likely they will take time to reflect on the past in the hope that it will facilitate the fulfillment of their quest. This book as such reflects a wide-ranging search for historical roots over a millenium of research in the psychology of language and thought. Furthermore, it also reflects an attempt to open the context by introducing the broader perspectives of the history of ideas and the history of science together with their reassessment of the method of science motivated from within psychology itself.

Editors and Affiliations

  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, USA

    R. W. Rieber

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, USA

    R. W. Rieber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychology of Language and Thought

  • Book Subtitle: Essays on the Theory and History of Psycholinguistics

  • Editors: R. W. Rieber

  • Series Title: Studies in applied psycholinguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3644-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-3646-4Published: 05 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-3644-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psycholinguistics

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