Psychology of Language and Thought

1. Front Matter

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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

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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.

• development
• growth
• history of science
• language
• linguistics
• profession
• psycholinguistics
• psychology
• psychology of language
• research
• science

• 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

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