Basic Functions of Language, Reading and Reading Disability

by Witruk, Evelin; Friederici, Angela D.; Lachmann, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781402070273
• ISBN10: 1402070276
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This highly interdisciplinary project presents new results and the state of the art of knowledge in the psychology and neurophysiology of language, reading and dyslexia. It concentrates on basic cognitive functions of understanding and producing language and disorders within its spoken and written execution.The book grew out of the Basic Mechanisms of Language and Language Disorders conference held in Leipzig in September of 1999. The meeting was organized by the Psychological Institute of the University of Leipzig in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction
Introduction to Basic Functions of Language, Reading, and Reading Disability	3	(6)
T. Lachmann
A. D. Friederici
E. Witruk
From Language to Reading and Reading Disability: Cognitive Functions and their Neural Basis	9	(16)
A. D. Friederici
T. Lachmann
Basic Functions of Language Acquisition and Language Comprehension
Context Effects on Lexical Processing During Auditory Sentence Comprehension On the Time-Course and Neurological Bases of a Basic Comprehension Process	25	(16)
D. Swinney
T. Love
Measuring the Neural Dynamics of Language Comprehension Processes	41	(20)
J. D. Saddy
P. beim Graben
A Model of Learning Syntactic Comprehension for Natural and Artificial Grammars	61	(18)
P. F. Dominey
The Acquisition of Verb Placement in German: A New Look	79	(26)
J. Weissenborn
Merge as A Basic Mechanism of Language: Evidence from Language Acquisition	105	(16)
S. M. Powers
Basic Functions of Reading
Cognitive Processes and Eye Movements During Reading	121	(16)
M. S. Starr
G. Kambe
B. Miller
K. Rayner
The Role of Attention and Spatial Selection in Fluent Reading	137	(18)
R. Radach
A. Inhoff
D. Heller
The Effect of Focusing on a Sentence in Japanese Reading Span Test	155	(10)
M. Osaka
N. Osaka
Basic Functions of Reading Disability
Reading Disability as a Deficit in Functional Coordination	165	(34)
T. Lachmann
The Neurobiology of Reading Difficulties	199	(14)
J. Stein
A Sensory-Linguistic Approach to Normal and Impaired Reading Development	213	(28)
J. B. Talcott
C. Witton
Anatomy of the Temporal Processing Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia	241	(10)
A. M. Galaburda
Reading Disabilities in a Language With Transparent Orthography	251	(14)
J. E. Jimenez Gonzalez
Dyslexia, the Cerebellum and Phonological Skill	265	(16)
A. J. Fawcett
Working Memory in Dyslexic Children: How General is the Deficit?	281	(18)
E. Witruk
C. S.-H. Ho
U. Schuster
Kindergarten Phonological Awareness and Rapid Serial Naming as Predictors of Grade 2 Reading and Spelling	299	(16)
J. K. Uhry
Phonological Recording Problems in Children With Severe Congenital Speech Impairments: The Importance of Production Speech	315	(14)
A. Dahlgren Sandberg
Sublexical and Lexical Processing of Young Adults With Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit: Hyperactivity Disorder	329	(30)
N. Gregg
C. Coleman
R. Stennett
M. Davis
K. Nielsen
D. Knight
C. Hoy
The Mismatch Negativity as an Index of Auditory Dysfunction in Dyslexia	359	(12)
T. Kujala
Index	371