To account for the large demands on working memory during text comprehension and
expert performance, the traditional models of working memory involving temporary storage …

Reading is a highly complex skill that is prerequisite to success in many societies in which a
great deal of information is communicated in written form. Since the 1970s, much has been …

In Speaking, Willem" Pim" Levelt, Director of the Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik,
accomplishes the formidable task of covering the entire process of speech production, from …

This book presents one of the first attempts at develo** a precise, grammatically rooted,
theory of conversation motivated by data from real conversations. The theory has descriptive …

In this article the author proposes an episodic theory of spoken word representation,
perception, and production. By most theories, idiosyncratic aspects of speech (voice details …

Narrative is one of the most frequently occurring and ubiquitous forms of discourse. Stories
of personal experience, for example, crop up repeatedly in informal conversation, in doctor …

This article challenges the widespread belief in contemporary ELT that students should be
exposed to authentic or natural language, and that such language is primarily focused on …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …

Long studied by anthropologists, historians, and linguists, oral traditions have provided a
wealth of fascinating insights into unique cultural customs that span the history of …

Proposes a prototypical schema theory of memory. Such a theory assumes the operation of
4 central encoding processes: selection (a process that chooses only some of all incoming …