Language and Cognition

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As we discussed in the introductory lecture, this reading list contains a very wide range of
sources which are our suggestions for wider reading on these topics.
Note: For Journal articles that appear on the reading list, you should be able to access
them by clicking the SFX logo that appears after you click on the article title. If you are not
using a UCL computer you may need to enter your UCL ID.
If you have any problems accessing materials please contact David Vinson
d.vinson@ucl.ac.uk
General readings for the module (4 items)

The psychology of language : from data to theory /Trevor A. Harley. - Trevor A. Harley
Book | Essential | This is the core text for many of the lectures concerning language
processing - specific chapters are noted in each subsection of the reading list below. Note
that an electronic edition is accessible via the UCL Library website.
The previous version of this text (Harley, 2008: third edition) is widely available in UCL
libraries. If you use this older edition please be sure to pay special attention to more
recent publications (2005 or later) in your supplemental reading.
Talking the talk: language, psychology and science - Harley, Trevor A., 2010
Book | Optional | If you are finding the main textbook by Harley (2014) difficult going,
this book may provide a more accessible introduction to many of the questions we will be
addressing.
The ascent of Babel: an exploration of language, mind, and understanding - Altmann,
Gerry T. M., c1997
Book | Recommended | This book provides a broad, accessible overview of the
psychology of language, giving a complementary perspective to the main text by Harley
(2007).
The language instinct - Pinker, Steven, 1995
Book | Optional | Another accessibly written book covering a broad range of issues
concerning language.
Lecture 1: What is special about language? (6 items)

Essential reading: Harley (2014) The Psychology of Language chapters 1-2, the first part of
chapter 3 (up to the section "The biological basis of language" on p.67), and the first part
of chapter 11 (Word Meaning: up to "Combining concepts" on p.336). This provides a core
basis the rest of the module as well.
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An alternative reading on semantics is the chapter by Vinson & Vigliocco (2007), which can
be downloaded from within Moodle (linked under lecture #1 notes)
The origin of speech. - HOCKETT, C.F.
Journal | Recommended
Semantic distance and the verification of semantic relations - Rips, Lance J. ; Shoben,
Edward J. ; Smith, Edward E.
Family resemblances: Studies in the internal structure of categories - Rosch, Eleanor ;
Mervis, Carolyn B
Natural categories - Rosch, Eleanor H.
Structure and process in semantic memory: A featural model for semantic decisions Smith, Edward E. ; Shoben, Edward J. ; Rips, Lance J.
Lecture 2: Understanding written and spoken words (4 items)

Essential reading: Harley (2014) chapters 6-7 for the first part of this lecture, and chapter
9 for the second.
Raeding Wrods With Jubmled Lettres: There Is a Cost - K. Rayner, S. J. White, R. L. Johnson,
S. P. Liversedge, 2006-03-01
Article | Recommended
Does the huamn mnid raed wrods as a wlohe? - Jonathan Grainger, Carol Whitney, 2004-2
When do leotards get their spots? Semantic activation of lexical neighbors in visual word
recognition - Jennifer M. Rodd, 2004-6
Lecture 3: Understanding words within sentences (4 items)

Essential reading: Harley (2014) Chapter 10.
Long-term priming of the meanings of ambiguous words - Jennifer M. Rodd, Belen Lopez
Cutrin, Hannah Kirsch, Alessandra Millar, Matthew H. Davis, 2013-2
Eye movements and spoken language comprehension: Effects of visual context on
syntactic ambiguity resolution - M Spivey, 2002-12
Lexical ambiguity and fixation times in reading - Susan A Duffy, Robin K Morris, Keith
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Rayner, 1988-8
Article
Lecture 4: Computational models of reading (5 items)

Computational models are discussed in various different sections of Harley (2014) rather
than being presented all in one place. See the index entries for "connectionism",
"connectionist modeling", "connectionist models": in each case a connectionist model is
presented in context of a specific domain and theoretical question addressed using these
methods. There is also a very brief appendix (p.481-485) describing interactive activation
models and backpropagation.
An interactive activation model of context effects in letter perception: I. An account of
basic findings. - James L. McClelland, David E. Rumelhart, 1981
Parallel distributed processing: explorations in the microstructure of cognition - Rumelhart,
David E., McClelland, James L., Asanuma, Chisato, University of California, San Diego, 1986
Book | Recommended | Recommended reading: chapter 2 in volume (1): "A general
framework for parallel distributed processing".
DRC: a dual route cascaded model of visual word recognition and reading aloud Coltheart, M ; Rastle, K ; Perry, C ; Langdon, R ; Ziegler, J, January 2001
A Distributed, Developmental Model of Word Recognition and Naming - Seidenberg, Mark S
; McClelland, James L, 1989-10
Lectures 5,6,8: Language in the brain (14 items)

Note: these three lectures are not in sequence due to lecturer unavailability. We will have
the first two lectures on language and the brain (5,6), then one on language production,
and then return to speech comprehension in the brain (8). See the section below for the
readings for language production.
Harley (2014) focuses on cognitive, rather than neural aspects of language processing, so
this book is fairly limited in its treatment of neuroscience of language except where this
informs cognitive theories (see pp.17-22 which gives a good impression of Harley's
perspective). Therefore it is important to supplement the main text with outside reading.
Essential reading for this topic is the chapter by Devlin which is linked from the main
Moodle page for this week's lecture.
The anatomy of language: a review of 100 fMRI studies published in 2009 - Cathy J. Price,
2010-03
Perisylvian language networks of the human brain - Marco Catani, Derek K. Jones, Dominic
H. ffytche, 2005-01
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Ventral and dorsal pathways for language - D. Saur, B. W. Kreher, S. Schnell, D. Kummerer,
P. Kellmeyer, M.-S. Vry, R. Umarova, M. Musso, V. Glauche, S. Abel, W. Huber, M. Rijntjes, J.
Hennig, C. Weiller, 2008-11-18
Maps and streams in the auditory cortex: nonhuman primates illuminate human speech
processing - Josef P Rauschecker, Sophie K Scott, 2009-6
Article
The visual word form area: expertise for reading in the fusiform gyrus - Bruce D.
McCandliss, Laurent Cohen, Stanislas Dehaene, 2003-7
Article
The Interactive Account of ventral occipitotemporal contributions to reading - Cathy J.

Price, Joseph T. Devlin, 2011-6
Article
The anatomy of language: contributions from functional neuroimaging - CATHY J. PRICE,

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Article
The Neural Mechanisms of Speech Comprehension: fMRI studies of Semantic Ambiguity Rodd, Jennifer M ; Davis, Matthew H ; Johnsrude, Ingrid S
Journal | Focus upon the introduction to this article if you are reading it.
Dissociating speech perception and comprehension at reduced levels of awareness - M. H.
Davis, M. R. Coleman, A. R. Absalom, J. M. Rodd, I. S. Johnsrude, B. F. Matta, A. M. Owen, D.
K. Menon, 2007-10-09
Article
The cortical organization of speech processing - Gregory Hickok, David Poeppel, 2007-5
Hierarchical processing in spoken language comprehension - Davis, Matthew H ;
Johnsrude, Ingrid S, 2003-04
Article | Optional
Towards the routine use of brain imaging to aid the clinical diagnosis of disorders of
consciousness - M. R. Coleman, M. H. Davis, J. M. Rodd, T. Robson, A. Ali, A. M. Owen, J. D.
Pickard, 2009-09-01
Article | Optional
The functional organisation of the fronto-temporal language system: Evidence from
syntactic and semantic ambiguity - Jennifer M. Rodd, Olivia A. Longe, Billi Randall, Lorraine
K. Tyler, 2010-4
Article | Optional
Lecture 7: Word and sentence production (10 items)

Essential reading: Harley (2014) chapter 13.
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Malapropisms and the Structure of the Mental Lexicon - Fay, David ; Cutler, Anne, 1977
Speaking: from intention to articulation - Levelt, W. J. M., c1989
Book | Optional | This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the various
processes involved in speaking
The Non-Anomalous Nature of Anomalous Utterances - Fromkin, Victoria A., 1971-03
Is Count and Mass Information Available When the Noun Is Not? An Investigation of Tip
of the Tongue States and Anomia - Gabriella Vigliocco, David P. Vinson, Randi C. Martin,
Merrill F. Garrett, 1999-5
A review of the tip-of-the-tongue experience. - Alan S. Brown, 1991
Speech errors as linguistic evidence - Victoria Fromkin, 1973
Book | Optional
Additional recommended articles on sentence production:
Garrett, M. F. (1975). The analysis of sentence production. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The
Psychologyof Learning and Motivation (pp. 133-177). New York: Academic Press.Garrett, M.
F. (1980). Levels of processing in sentence production. In B. Butterworth (Ed.),Language
Production: Volume I: Speech and Talk. . London: Academic Press.
Separating hierarchical relations and word order in language production: is proximity
concord syntactic or linear? - Gabriella Vigliocco, Janet Nicol, 1998-8
Article
Syntactic persistence in language production - J.Kathryn Bock, 1986-7

Lecture 9(a): Language production in the brain (8 items)

An On-Line Analysis of Syntactic Processing in Brocas and Wernickes Aphasia - E. Zurif, D.
Swinney, P. Prather, J. Solomon, C. Bushell, 1993-10
Dissociation of algorithmic and heuristic processes in language comprehension: Evidence
from aphasia - Alfonso Caramazza, Edgar B. Zurif, 1976-10
Anomia with and without Lexical Comprehension Disorders - Guido Gainotti, Silveri Maria
Caterina, Giampiero Villa, Gabriele Miceli, Sep 1986
Article | Optional
Action-Naming Performance in Four Syndromes of Aphasia - Sarah E. Williams, Gerald J.
Canter, Sep 1987
Article | Optional
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Spotlight on the May 20 Issue - R. A. Gross, 2014-05-20

Article | Recommended | Detailed review article concerning aphasia, from historical
origins to (near) present day.
The spatial and temporal signatures of word production components - P Indefrey, W.J.M
Levelt, 2004-5
The Spatial and Temporal Signatures of Word Production Components: A Critical Update Peter Indefrey, 2011
Article | Optional | This is a direct follow-up to Indefrey & Levelt (2004) taking more
recent evidence into account.
Riding the Lexical Speedway: A Critical Review on the Time Course of Lexical Selection in
Speech Production - Kristof Strijkers, Albert Costa, 2011
Article
Lecture 9(b): Embodied cognition (4 items)

Regarding the grounding of abstract words, see also Vigliocco et al (in press), The neural
representation of abstract words: The role of emotion. Cerebral Cortex, Electronic version
ahead of print. From UCL computers it can be downloaded from
http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/02/13/cercor.bht025.full
Also see Barsalou, L.W. (2012). The human conceptual system. In M. Spivey, K. McRae, &
M. Joanisse (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. 239-258). New York:
Cambridge University Press.which you can find:
http://psychology.emory.edu/cognition/barsalou/onlinepapers.html
Simulation, situated conceptualization, and prediction - L. W. Barsalou, 2009-05-12

Article | Recommended | Review article for Embodied Cognition
Embodied language: A review of the role of the motor system in language comprehension
- Martin H. Fischer, Rolf A. Zwaan, 2008-06
Article | Review of embodied cognition findings with specific focus upon motor systems.
Coming of age: A review of embodiment and the neuroscience of semantics - Lotte
Meteyard, Sara Rodriguez Cuadrado, Bahador Bahrami, Gabriella Vigliocco, 2012-7
Article | Recommended | Review of embodied cognition, with special focus on
neuroscience and presenting different theories varying in degree of embodiment.
Lecture 10:Linguistic relativity, and 12:Bilingualism (12 items)

Essential reading: Harley (2014) chapter 5. See also the end of chapter 3 (pp. 88-100).
LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY - John A. Lucy, 1997-10-21
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Investigating linguistic relativity through bilingualism: The case of grammatical gender. Stavroula-Thaleia Kousta, David P. Vinson, Gabriella Vigliocco, 2008
Grammatical gender effects on cognition: implications for language learning and language
use - Vigliocco, Gabriella ; Vinson, David P ; Paganelli, Federica ; Dworzynski, Katharina,
2005-11
Russian blues reveal effects of language on color discrimination - Jonathan Winawer, et al,
2007
Article
Unconscious effects of language-specific terminology on preattentive color perception Guillaume Thierry, et al

Can language restructure cognition? The case for space - Asifa Majid, Melissa Bowerman,
Sotaro Kita, Daniel B.M. Haun, Stephen C. Levinson, 2004-03
The effect of language on economic behavior: Evidence from savings rates, health
behaviors, and retirement assets - Chen, M.K.
Bilingualism: Consequences for Mind and Brain - Ellen Bialystok, et al, April 2012
Article | Recommended | A general review of bilingualism research
Cognitive gains in 7-month-old bilingual infants - Kovcs, A.M. ; Mehler, J.
Meta-analysis of the age-related positivity effect: Age differences in preferences for
positive over negative information. - Andrew E. Reed, Larry Chan, Joseph A. Mikels, 2014
Bilingualism delays age at onset of dementia, independent of education and immigration
status - S. Alladi, T. H. Bak, V. Duggirala, B. Surampudi, M. Shailaja, A. K. Shukla, J. R.
Chaudhuri, S. Kaul, 2013-11-26
Lecture 11(b): Sign language (13 items)
Additional reference concerning comparison between spoken and signed errors:

Hohenberger, A., Happ, D. & Leuninger, H. (2002): Modality-dependent aspects of sign
language production: Evidence from slips of the hands and their repairs in German Sign
Language. In: Meier, R., Cormier, K. & Quinto-Pozos, D. (Editors): Modality and strucutre in
signed and spoken languages. Cambridge:Cambridge University Press, 112-142
Sign Language and the Brain: A Review - R. Campbell, M. MacSweeney, D. Waters,
2007-06-14
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Language, cognition, and the brain: insights from sign language research - Emmorey,
Karen, c2002
Book | Optional
Sign language: the study of deaf people and their language - Kyle, J., Woll, B., Pullen, G.,
Maddix, F., 1985
Book | Optional
Neural systems underlying British Sign Language and audio-visual English processing in
native users - M. MacSweeney, 2002-7-1
Hand and Mouth: Cortical Correlates of Lexical Processing in British Sign Language and
Speechreading English - Cheryl M. Capek, Dafydd Waters, Bencie Woll, Mairad
MacSweeney, Michael J. Brammer, Philip K. McGuire, Anthony S. David, Ruth Campbell,
2008-07
Article | Optional
Aphasia in a user of British Sign Language: Dissociation between sign and gesture - Jane
Marshall, Jo Atkinson, Elaine Smulovitch, Alice Thacker, Bencie Woll, 2004-07
Neural systems underlying lexical retrieval for sign language - Karen Emmorey, Thomas
Grabowski, Stephen McCullough, Hanna Damasio, Laura L.B. Ponto, Richard D. Hichwa,
Ursula Bellugi, 2003-1
Children Creating Core Properties of Language: Evidence from an Emerging Sign Language
in Nicaragua - A. Senghas, 2004-09-17
Article | Optional
Language Emergence: Clues from a New Bedouin Sign - Ann Senghas, 2005-6
Article | Optional
Lexical Recognition in Sign Language: Effects of Phonetic Structure and Morphology Karen Emmorey, David Corina, 1990
Sign and Word Recognition: A First Comparison - Franois Grosjean, Fall 1981
The signs of language - Klima, Edward S., Bellugi, Ursula, 1979
Book | Optional
"Tip of the fingers" experiences by deaf signers: Insights into the organization of a
sign-based lexicon - Thompson, R. ; Emmorey, K. ; Gollan, T.H.
Lecture 11(a): Language and gesture (13 items)

What does cross-linguistic variation in semantic coordination of speech and gesture
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reveal?: Evidence for an interface representation of spatial thinking and speaking - Sotaro
Kita, Asli zyrek, 2003-1
Article | Essential | If you read one article about language and gesture for this module, it
should be this one.
Cross-cultural variation of speech-accompanying gesture: A review - Sotaro Kita, 2009-02
Gesture and the process of speech production: We think, therefore we gesture - Martha W.
Alibali, Sotaro Kita, Amanda J. Young, 2000-12
Language and gesture - McNeill, David, 2000
Book | Optional
So You Think Gestures Are Nonverbal? - McNeill, David, 1985-07
Article | Optional
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Speech and Gesture Mutually Interact to Enhance
Comprehension - S. D. Kelly, A. Ozyurek, E. Maris, 2010-02-01
Gestures Orchestrate Brain Networks for Language Understanding - Jeremy I. Skipper,
Susan Goldin-Meadow, Howard C. Nusbaum, Steven L. Small, 2009-4
Gesture: visible action as utterance - Kendon, Adam, 2004
Book | Optional
Hand and mind: what gestures reveal about thought - McNeill, David, 1992
Book | Optional
Language and gesture - McNeill, David, 2000
Book | Recommended | In particular see Kita's chapter (Kita, 2000)
The Relation Between Gesture and Speech in Congenitally Blind and Sighted
Language-Learners - Jana M. Iverson, Heather L. Tencer, Jill Lany, Susan GoldinMeadow,
2000
Article | Optional | A good starting point if you are interested in reading more about
gestures in congenitally blind individuals.
Gesture-Speech Mismatch and Mechanisms of Learning: What the Hands Reveal about a
Childs State of Mind - M.W. Alibali, S. Goldinmeadow, 1993-10
Article | Optional | An extremely in-depth article about children's gestures during
learning.
Embodiment in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Evidence From Learners' and
Teachers' Gestures - Martha W. Alibali, Mitchell J. Nathan, 2012-04
Lecture 13: Language processing and social interaction (9 items)

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Essential reading: Harley (2014) chapter 14 is a starting point.

Communication in Context: Effects of Speaker Status on the Comprehension of Indirect
Requests - Holtgraves, Thomas
When do speakers take into account common ground? - Horton, William S. ; Keysar, Boaz
Speakers' experiences and audience design: Knowing when and knowing how to adjust
utterances to addressees - Horton, William S. ; Gerrig, Richard J.
Journal
Variation in Native Speaker Speech Modification to Non-Native Speakers - Gass, Susan M. ;

Varonis, Evangeline Marlos
Journal
Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation - Stivers, 2009-06-30

Why is conversation so easy? - Garrod, Simon ; Pickering, Martin J.
Journal | Essential
Surface form and memory in question answering - Kelter, Stephanie ; Kelter, Stephanie ;
Levelt, Willem J.M
Journal | Optional | See Experiment 3 in particular: a simple experiment involving
naturalistic elements of language use. For the purpose of today's lecture, note how little
the social aspects of language use are considered in this article.
An integrated theory of language production and comprehension - Pickering, Martin J. ;
Garrod, Simon
Journal | Recommended | This includes some complex details of the modelling (to link to
the way these models were conceived in the action/motor literature) but the expository
sections concerning language evidence should be comprehensible.
Lecture 14: Concepts and categories (2 items)
There are two essential readings to cover the content of this lecture, both linked below.
Essential readings:
Love, B.C. (2013). Categorization. In K.N. Ochsner and S.M. Kosslyn (Eds.)Oxford Handbook
of Cognitive Neuroscience, 342-358. Oxford Press. Download link (pdf)
Mack, M.L., Preston, A.R. & Love, B.C. (2013). Decoding the Brain's Algorithm for
Categorization from its Neural Implementation. Current Biology, 23, 2023-2027. Download
link (pdf)
Compare Prof. Love's general discussion of concepts and categories with the way they are
considered from a language perspective (second part of lecture 1 and Harley (2014),
chapter 11).
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PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition

General readings for the module (4 items)

Lecture 1: What is special about language? (6 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Lecture 2: Understanding written and spoken words (4 items)

Lecture 3: Understanding words within sentences (4 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Lecture 4: Computational models of reading (5 items)

Lectures 5,6,8: Language in the brain (14 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

The Interactive Account of ventral occipitotemporal contributions to reading - Cathy J.

The anatomy of language: contributions from functional neuroimaging - CATHY J. PRICE,

Lecture 7: Word and sentence production (10 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Syntactic persistence in language production - J.Kathryn Bock, 1986-7

Lecture 9(a): Language production in the brain (8 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Spotlight on the May 20 Issue - R. A. Gross, 2014-05-20

Lecture 9(b): Embodied cognition (4 items)

Simulation, situated conceptualization, and prediction - L. W. Barsalou, 2009-05-12

Lecture 10:Linguistic relativity, and 12:Bilingualism (12 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Unconscious effects of language-specific terminology on preattentive color perception Guillaume Thierry, et al

Lecture 11(b): Sign language (13 items)

Additional reference concerning comparison between spoken and signed errors:

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Lecture 11(a): Language and gesture (13 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Lecture 13: Language processing and social interaction (9 items)

PSYC2208: Language and Cognition | University College London

Essential reading: Harley (2014) chapter 14 is a starting point.

Variation in Native Speaker Speech Modification to Non-Native Speakers - Gass, Susan M. ;

Universals and cultural variation in turn-taking in conversation - Stivers, 2009-06-30

Lecture 14: Concepts and categories (2 items)

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