会说话的哺乳动物：心理语言学入门（第四版）

　　本书是从一个语言学家的角度入手，既阐述了语言习得及使用的心理过程，也分析了语言能力的底层结构。其研究方法以自然观察为主，考察了四类语言数据，包括动物的交际系统、儿童的语言、正常成人的语言及失语症人的语言。作为心理语言学的通用教材和心理语言学领域历经四十多年而不衰的经典，它不仅为感兴趣的学生和读者打开了大门，还为语言与进化等崭新课题指引了方向。

　　琼·艾奇逊（Jean Aitchison）：英国牛津大学语言与传播学教授，主要研究兴趣为社会历史语言学、语言与思维、语言与媒体等，著有Words in the Mind、Language Change等著作。

Preface to the first edition\txxxi
Preface to the fourth edition\txxxiii
\tIntroduction\t1
1\tThe great automatic grammatizator\t6
\tNeed anything be innate?
2\tAnimals that try to talk\t23
\tIs language restricted to humans?
3\tGrandmama's teeth\t47
\tIs there biological evidence for innate language capacity?
4\tPredestinate grooves\t66
\tIs there a pre-ordained language 'programme'?
5\tA blueprint in the brain?\t91
\tCould any grammatical information conceivably be innate?
6\tChattering children\t110
\tAre children following 'rules' when they learn to speak?
7\tPuzzling it out\t135
\tExactly how do children learn language?
8\tCelestial unintelligibility\t165
\tWhy do linguists propose such bizarre grammars?
9\tThe white elephant problem\t183
\tDo we need a grammar in order to speak?
10\tThe case of the missing fingerprint\t199
\tHow do we understand speech?
11\tThe Cheshire Cat's grin\t237
\tHow do we plan and produce speech?
12\tBanker's clerk or hippopotamus?\t260
\tThe future
\tSuggestions for further reading\t266
\tRefereces\t272
\tIndex\t297