About this title: This volume about words, and the extraordinary human capacity to store and retrieve them. We hold effortlessly at least 50,000 of them in our minds, the majority of which can be summoned in a split second. No computer has yet come anywhere near simulating the complexities of the internal word-store. This book provides an up-to-date introduction to ...
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Edition: First Edition, First Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford, UK
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780631144427ISBN:0631144420
Description: Very Good in None As Issued jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/faint creasings to lower front corner. PO name on fEP; light soiling to leading text edges. A thought (or, should one say, word) provoking excursion into human word-store, or mental dictionary so to speak...certainly a subject few reflect on as words tumble out mouths, often followed by regret. Markedly different from book dictionaries, our mental lexicons not only hold tens of thousands of words, but speakers ... read more
Edition: 3 REV ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780631232445ISBN:0631232443
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 328 pages. (328 pages) deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. this work discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon', with particular reference to the spoken language of native english speakers. 53 illustrations edition 3 rev ed (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: WileyBlackwell
Date Published: 23/07/1987
ISBN-13:9780631144427ISBN:0631144420
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Blackwell Pub
Date Published: 1987-09
ISBN-13:9780631144427ISBN:0631144420
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780631232445ISBN:0631232443
Description: New. Deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them, understand them, and find the ones they want. This work discusses the structure and content of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon', with particular reference to the spoken language of na... read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Date Published: 2003-01-13
ISBN-13:9780631232445ISBN:0631232443
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Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, UK
ISBN-13:9780631232445ISBN:0631232443
Description: This book 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. Since the first two editions of "Words in the Mind" were published, work on the lexicon has exploded. This is reflected in this new edition, which contains substantial additions. One new chapter has been added on layering ... read more
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Edition: 3rd
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, UK
ISBN-13:9780631232445ISBN:0631232443
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