Cover -- Handbook of Psycholinguistics -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- List of contributors -- Chapter 1. Observations on the Past and Future of Psycholinguistics -- 1. Historical Perspectives on Psycholinguistics -- 2. Future Directions -- References -- Section 1: Language Production -- Chapter 2. Properties of Spoken Language Production -- 1. Generating Words -- 2. Summary -- References -- Chapter 3. Syntax and Production -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic Representations in Production -- 3. Processing Resources for Grammatical Encoding -- 4. Syntactic Choice -- 5. Syntax and Prosody in Production -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4. Speech Disorders -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Speech Delay -- 3. Vot and the Voicing Distinction in Speech Disorders -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5. Functional Neuroimaging of Speech Production -- 1. Introduction -- References -- Section 2: Language Comprehension -- Chapter 6. Speech Perception within a Biologically Realistic Information-Theoretic Framework -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some Fundamentals of Perception -- 3. Contrast and Low-Level Speech Perception -- 4. Maximizing Transmission of Speech Information with Multiple Dimensions -- 5. Experience and Sound Contrasts in the Native Language -- 6. To the Lexicon and Beyond -- 7. Speech in the Brain -- 8. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7. The Perception of Speech -- 1. Perceptual Organization and Analysis of Speech -- 2. Perceptual Identification of the Talker -- 3. Perceptual Self-Regulation -- 4. A Concluding Word -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 8. Spoken Word Recognition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Initial Contact -- 3. Selection: How is Activation Regulated and Recognition Achieved? -- 4. Integration: When and how is Context Integrated? -- 5. Avenues for Progress.

Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9. Visual Word Recognition: The Journey from Features to Meaning (A Travel Update) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Features, Letters, and Modeling Constraints -- 3. Getting from Letters to Words: Influences of Sublexical Levels of Organization -- 4. Lexical-Level Variables -- 5. Semantic Variables for Isolated Words -- 6. Context/Priming Effects -- 7. Attentional Control, Modularity, and time Criterion Models -- 8. Developments of New Approaches and Analytic Tools to Guide the Journey from Features to Meaning -- 9. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 10. Lexical Processing and Sentence Context Effects -- 1. Lexical Properties -- 2. Sentence Context Effects -- References -- Chapter 11. Semantic Memory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Quillian's Semantic Memory -- 3. Generic Semantic Memory -- 4. Theoretical Extensions, Consequences, and Divergences -- 5. Semantic Memory and the Brain -- 6. Storage Versus Access Deficits in Neuropsychological Populations -- 7. Similarity Judgments and Semantic Memory Organization in Alzheimer's Disease -- 8. Semantic Priming in Alzheimer's Disease -- 9. Conclusions and Future Directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 12. Syntactic Parsing -- 1. Two-Stage Accounts -- 2. Interactive Accounts -- 3. Frequency Effects -- 4. Effects of Plausibility -- 5. Prosody -- 6. Integration with Context -- 7. Why does Processing Difficulty Occur? -- 8. Reanalysis -- 9. How Difficult is Reanalysis? -- 10. Dealing with Ambiguity in Reanalysis -- 11. Retention of Abandoned Analyses -- 12. Structural Complexity and Memory Load -- 13. Do People Construct Ungrammatical Representations? -- 14. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13. Prosody -- 1. A Brief History -- 2. Methodological Challenges -- 3. Describing Prosodic Structure -- 4. Prosodic Phrasing and Syntactic Processing.

5. Immediate Integration of Prosodic and Syntactic Structures -- 6. Production Conditions and Prosodic Phrasing -- 7. The Influence of a Prosodic Representation on Syntactic Parsing -- 8. Prominence in Processing and its Interaction with Phrasing -- 9. Pitch Accent Placement -- 10. Interactions of Pitch Accent and Phrasing -- 11. Models of Prosody in Processing -- 12. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14. The Syntax-Semantic Interface: On-Line Composition of Sentence Meaning -- 1. Compositionality -- 2. Basic Rules of Compositional Interpretation -- 3. Challenges for Compositionality -- 4. Closing Comments -- References -- Chapter 15. Constraint Satisfaction Accounts of Lexical and Sentence Comprehension -- 1. Traditional views of Lexical and Syntactic Ambiguity -- 2. Sources of the Constraint-Based Approach -- 3. Probabilistic Constraints and Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution -- 4. State of the Science: Controversies, Unresolved Issues, and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 16. Eye-Movement Control in Reading -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Facts about Eye Movements in Reading -- 3. Critical Issues in Using Eye-Movement Data to Study Reading -- 4. Word Recognition and Eye Movements -- 5. Higher-Order Effects on Eye Movements: Parsing and Syntactic Ambiguity -- 6. Higher-Order Effects on Eye Movements: Discourse Processes and Inferences -- 7. Modeling Eye Movements in Reading -- 8. General Summary -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 17. Psycholinguistics Electrified II (1994-2005) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electromagnetic Measures of Brain Activity -- 3. Visual Word Recognition -- 4. Semantic Processing and the N400 Component -- 5. Higher-Level Semantics: Sentences and Discourse -- 6. Morphosyntactic Processing and Related Components -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 18. Discourse Comprehension -- 1. Introduction.

2. Discourse Genres -- 3. Linguistic Cues -- 4. Background Knowledge -- 5. Situation Models -- 6. The Immersed Experiencer -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 19. Neuroimaging Contributions to the Understanding of Discourse Processes -- 1. The Beginnings of Brain Imaging in Discourse Comprehension -- 2. Specialized Imaging Paradigms for Discourse Processing Research -- 3. New Perspectives on text Integration -- 4. New Perspectives on Inference Processing -- 5. New Perspectives on Figurative Language Processing -- 6. New Perspectives on Lateralization -- 7. A New Component of Discourse Processing: Protagonist Interpreter -- 8. Outline of a Neurocognitive Account of Discourse Comprehension -- 9. Relation to other Theories -- 10. Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 20. Comprehension Ability in Mature Readers -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Individual Differences in Word-Level Abilities -- 3. Individual Differences in Working Memory -- 4. Individual Differences in Suppression Ability -- 5. Individual Differences in Print Exposure -- 6. Individual Differences in Background Knowledge -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 21. Figurative Language -- 1. Distinguishing Figurative from Literal Language -- 2. Traditional Theories and Empirical Results -- 3. New Models and Findings -- 4. Indeterminacy of Figurative Meaning and Processing -- 5. Examining the Cognitive Effort and Effects Trade-Off -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 22. Eye Movements and Spoken Language Comprehension -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodological Issues -- 3. Applications to Issues in Language Comprehension -- 4. Closing Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 23. Perspective Taking and the Coordination of Meaning in Language use -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and Methodological Preliminaries.

3. Current Status of the Design Hypothesis in Language Production -- 4. Current Status of the Design Hypothesis in Language Comprehension -- 5. Repeated Reference in Discourse -- 6. Summary and Prospectus -- References -- Chapter 24. Comprehension Disorders in Aphasia: The Case of Sentences that Require Syntactic Analysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Syntactic Comprehension Disorders: Impairments to Specific Structures and Operations -- 3. Structure-Specific Impairments: Problems and New Data -- 4. Task-Specific Impairments -- 5. Resource Reduction -- 6. On-Line Processing -- 7. Aphasic Syndromes and Neurological Considerations -- 8. Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 25. Language Processing in Bilingual Speakers -- 1. Models of the Bilingual Lexicon -- 2. Cross-Language Interactions at the Lexical and Sublexical Levels -- 3. Cross-Language Interactions at the Sentence Level -- 4. Factors that Influence Bilingual Comprehension -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 26. Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistic Perspectives of Sign Languages -- 1. Single Sign Recognition -- 2. From Signal to Representation -- 3. Form-Based Structure of the Lexicon -- 4. Effects of Language Experience -- 5. Sign Language Production -- 6. Morphology -- 7. Syntax -- 8. Effects of Sign Language Structure on Memory -- 9. Neural Representation of Signed Languages -- 10. Sign Language Aphasia -- 11. Neuroimaging Studies -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Section 3: Language Development -- Chapter 27. Language Learning in Infancy -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nativist Views of Language Development -- 3. A Paradigm Shift: New Perspectives on Language Learning -- 4. Learning about the Sounds of Speech in the First Year -- 5. Lexical Development -- 6. Listening for Meaning in Speech in the Second Year -- 7. Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 28. Acquisition of Syntax and Semantics.