Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988 Springer Series in Neuropsychology Series

Phonological Processes and Brain Mechanisms reviews selective neurolinguistic research relating brain structures to phonology. The studies in the volume report on a number of timely and important topics, such as a neuronal model for processing segmental phonology, the role of the thalamus and basal ganglia in language processing, and oral reading in dyslexia. Increasingly, phonology is considered a cognitive module whose brain correlates may be independently investigated. Given the modular nature of the phonological system and its direct linkage with peripheral components of the nervous system, research on phonology and the brain will undoubtedly flourish in the future. The chapters in this volume give substance to this future.

1 The Neurogenesis of Phonology.- Recent Findings in Neurobiology: Possible Applications to Language.- 2 Subcortical Language Mechanisms: Window on a New Frontier.- Studies of Thalamic Mechanisms.- Studies of Basal Ganglia Mechanisms.- A Theory of Subcortical Language Mechanisms.- Conclusions.- 3 Afferent Motor Aphasia and Conduction Aphasia.- Conduction Aphasia.- Afferent Motor Aphasia.- Afferent Motor Aphasia Versus Conduction Aphasia.- Discussion.- The Contribution of Speech-Production Models.- Conclusion.- 4 Phonological Production Deficits in Aphasia.- Studies of Individual Attempts with Phonological Error(s).- Analyses of Sequences of Phonological Picture Naming Errors.- Phonological Production Deficits in Aphasia: Summary and Conclusions.- 5 Accounts of Oral Reading in Deep Dyslexia.- “I Know It, I Can’t Pronounce It”: A Case Study of the Deep Dyslexic Patient G.R..- Central Issues in Deep Dyslexia.- Theoretical Accounts of Deep Dyslexia.- Conclusions.- Author Index.