Introduction to Neurolinguistics -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Copyright acknowledgement -- List of tables -- List of figures -- I. Introduction to neurolinguistics -- What is neurolinguistics? -- What is neurolinguistics? -- Different views on the relation between brain and language -- The central questions of neurolinguistics -- Outline of the book -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- The development of theories about brain and language -- Different views of the brain-language relationship -- Ideas about Brain and Language before the 19th Century -- The foundations of neurolinguistic theories in the late 19th century -- Further developments in the 20th century -- Commentary -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- Models and frameworks in neurolinguistics today -- Influences: Linguistics, psychology, clinical work, neuroimaging, computer simulation -- Clusters of influence -- Two basic frameworks: The neoclassical and dynamic localization of function approaches -- Developing areas: Linguistic and cognitive linguistic theories, communication research, cognitive neuropsychology -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- II. Neurolinguistics for different components of language -- Phonology in neurolinguistics -- Frameworks in phonology -- Phonological paraphasias and neologisms - Classical questions and investigations -- Phonology in theories of agrammatism -- Units and features of analysis in phonology -- Frameworks and models in the analysis of phonological disorders -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- Morphology and syntax in neurolinguistics -- Disturbances of grammar in aphasia: Syndromes, agrammatism, and paragrammatism -- The role of the verb in grammar and disturbances of grammar -- Three frameworks for describing agrammatism -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments.

Example of agrammatic speech (Little Red Riding Hood) -- Lexical semantics -- What is meaning and how is it linked to word forms and to larger linguistic units? -- Word semantics -- Sources of data and theories -- Methodological considerations -- Types of process models -- Simulation -- Links to therapy -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- The semantics and pragmatics of communicative contributions in context from a neurolinguistic perspective -- Introduction: Objects of study, theories, and sources of data -- Aphasia: The scope of the term -- Links to therapy -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- III. Specific topics in neurolinguistics -- Reading and writing from a neurolinguistic perspective -- The relationship between speech and writing -- Reading and writing processes -- Acquired disturbances of reading and writing -- Developmental disorders of reading and writing -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- Neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism -- Bilingualism and neurolinguistic questions -- Recovery patterns in bilingual aphasia -- Neurolinguistic questions and hypotheses -- Further reading -- Assignments -- On the evolution and development of the brain, communication, and language -- Growing brains, other factors, and human language -- Bigger brains (and bodies)? Brain size and encephalization quotient -- The biological hypothesis versus the social construct hypothesis -- Communication by other primates -- Evolution-based theories in neurolinguistics and acquired language disorders -- Neurolinguistic perspectives on developmental language disorders in children -- Embodiment in communication: The possible role of mirror neurons and alignment -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- Multimodality in neurolinguistics.

Why is multimodality, including body communication, other gestures and picture-based communication, important to neurolinguistics? -- Overview of multimodality -- Multimodal communication: Examples of persons who have aphasia or complex communication needs caused by cerebral palsy -- What makes a successful communicator? -- What is multimodal in ordinary face-to-face interaction? -- Restrictions and possibilities concerning multimodality and communication disorders -- Optimizing Multimodal Communication for Persons with Communication Disorders and the Role of Communication Aids -- Summary -- Further reading -- Assignments -- IV. Resource chapters -- Methods of investigating the brain -- Introduction -- Methods that were used extensively in the past -- Methods that are often used in neurolinguistic studies today -- Further reading -- Modeling the brain -- Introduction -- Basic ideas: Symbol processing and neural network models -- Making an ANN model -- Representations in ANN models -- Learning in ANN models -- Connectionist models of language production -- Further reading -- Some basic concepts in neuroscience -- Introduction -- Gross neuroanatomy -- Neurophysiology -- Cellular organization (cytoarchitecture): Brodmann areas -- Further reading -- References -- Index.