Jarema G., Libben G. The Mental Lexicon: Core Perspectives

Elsevier, 2007. — 235 p.Research on the Mental Lexicon has occupied a central role in the cognitive sciences for over three decades. This reflects a consensus that the investigation of words in the mind offers a unique opportunity to understand both human language ability and general human cognition. The goal of this volume is to bring together core perspectives on the representation and processing of words in the mind by providing an overview of key aspects of mental lexicon research and a discussion of the implications of this research for the functional architecture of human language and cognition.Introduction: Matters of Definition and Core Perspectives
Putting Humpty Together Again: Synthetic Approaches to Nonlinear Variable Effects Underlying Lexical Access
Visual Word Recognition: Problems and Issues
Language: Between Words and Grammar
Storage and Computation in the Mental Lexicon
Generative Morphology as Psycholinguistics
Origins of Cross-Language Differences in Word Recognition
Productivity in Word Formation
Bilingual Lexica
Skills and Representations in Learning to Spell and in Experienced Spellers