Language Production (Current Issues in the Psychology of Language)

Bringing together the latest research from world-leading academics, this edited volume is an authoritative resource on the psycholinguistic study of language production, exploring longstanding concepts as well as contemporary and emerging theories.

Hartsuiker and Strijkers affirm that although language production may seem like a mundane everyday activity, it is in fact a remarkable human accomplishment. This comprehensive text presents an up-to-date overview of the key topics in the field, providing important theoretical and empirical challenges to the traditional and accepted modal view of language production. Each chapter explores in detail a different aspect of language production, covering traditional methods including written and signed production alongside emerging research on joint action production. Emphasizing the neurobiological underpinnings of language, chapter authors showcase research that moves from a monologue-only approach to one that that considers production in more ecologically valid circumstances.

Written in an accessible and compelling style, Language Production is essential reading for students and researchers of language production and psycholinguistics, as well as anyone who wishes to learn more about the fascinating topic of how humans produce language.

Robert J. Hartsuiker is Professor of Psychology at Ghent University, Belgium. His research interests include language processing, language production, bilingualism, and self-monitoring of speech.

Kristof Strijkers is a Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche (CNRS) and Aix-Marseille University, France. His research examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of language production and comprehension, and the neural representations of words in the brain.