A history of psycholinguistics : the pre-Chomskyan era / by Levelt, W. J. M. 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Note continued: Expressive movements -- Sign language -- Types of sign language -- Pointing, imitating, and abstract signs -- Grammatical categories and sign syntax -- No match to spoken languages, but a window on the origins of language -- Speech sounds -- Evolution of vocal expression -- Children's acquisition of sound patterns -- Natural sounds -- Folk psychology of sound change -- Three types of sound change in the individual and in the language community -- Contact effects: assimilation and dissimilation -- Distance effects: analogy -- Regular sound change: Grimm's laws -- Words -- Word formation in brain and mind -- Parts of speech -- Meaning change -- Formulating sentences -- Where do sentences come from? …”
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