Current Topics in Language

Language, Volume 68, the latest release in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, with this volume presenting the latest on Perceptual Learning for Native and Non-Native Speech, Common representations of serial order in language and memory, Neurocomputational Emergentism as a framework for language development, Syntactic adaptation, Neural indices of structured sentence representation: state-of-the-art, A review of familial sinistrality and language, Monitoring and control in language production, and more.

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1. Perceptual Learning for Native and Non-Native Speech Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 2. Common representations of serial order in language and memory Simon Fischer-Baum, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 3. Neurocomputational Emergentism as a framework for language development Arturo Hernandez, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 4. Syntactic adaptation Edith Kaan, Eunjin Chun, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 5. Neural indices of structured sentence representation: state of the art Ellen Lau, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 6. A review of familial sinistrality and language Chia-lin Lee, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 7. Monitoring and control in language production Nazbanou Nozari, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 8. Communicating Semantic and Pragmatic Meanings in Conversational Discourse Hannah Rohde, Chigusa Kurumada, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 9. Reading ahead by hedging our bets on seeing the future: Eye tracking and electrophysiology evidence for parafoveal lexical processing and saccadic control by partial word recognition Liz Schotter, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 10. Individual differences in the real-time neural dynamics of language comprehension Darren Tanner, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 11. He gave my nose a kick or He kicked my nose? Argument structure alternations and event construal Eva Wittenberg, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson 12. The role of discourse context in reference production and comprehension Si On Yoon, Kara Federmeier and Duane Watson