TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aitchison,Jean
TI  - Words in the mind: an introduction to the mental lexicon 
SN  - 0631232435 (alk. paper)
AV  - P326.5.P75 A38 2003
U1  - 401.9 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Malden, MA
PB  - Blackwell Pub.
KW  - Lexicology
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Psycholinguistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [278]-306) and index; TOC;  	Preface. --
Acknowledgements. --
Abbreviations and Symbols. --
Part I: Aims and Evidence: --
1. Welcome to Dictionopolis! --
The human word-store. --
2. Links in the Chain. --
Assessing the evidence. --
3. Programming Dumbella. --
Modelling the mental lexicon. --
Part II: Basic Ingredients: --
4. Slippery Customers. --
Attempts to pin down the meaning of words. --
5. Bad Birds and Better Birds. --
Prototype theories. --
6. Whispering Chambers of the Imagination. --
Mental models. --
7. The Primordial Atomic Globule Hunt. --
The search for semantic primitives. --
8. Word-webs. --
Semantic networks. --
9. Lexical All-sorts. --
Parts of speech. --
10. Verb Power. --
The role of verbs. --
11. Bits of Words. --
The internal architecture of words. --
12. Taking Care of the Sounds. --
Dealing with the sound patterns. --
Part III: Newcomers: --
13. Drifting Words. --
Layering and meaning change. --
14. Interpreting Ice-cream Cones. --
Extending old words. --
15. Globbering Mattresses. --
Creating new words. --
16. What is a Bongaloo, Daddy? --
How children learn the meaning of words. --
17. Aggergog Miggers, Wips and Gucks. --
How children cope with the sound structure of words. --
Part IV: The Overall Picture: --
18. Seeking and Finding. --
Selecting words. --
19. Organized Guesswork. --
Recognizing words. --
20. Odd Arrangements and Funny Solutions. --
The organization of the mental lexicon. --
21. Last Word. --
Final comments and future questions. --
Notes. --
References. --
Index; English
N2  - Summary: 	
This text deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. It discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or mental lexicon with particular reference to the spoken language of native English speakers
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