Psycholinguistics: *is a comprehensive introduction to psycholinguistic theory *covers the core areas of psycholinguistics: language as a human attribute, language and the brain, vocabulary storage and use, language and memory, the four skills (writing, reading, listening, speaking), comprehension, language impairment and deprivation *draws on a range of real texts, data and examples, including a radio four interview, an essay written by a deaf writer, and the transcript of a therapy session addressing stuttering *provides classic readings by the key names in the discipline, including Aitchison, Deacon, Logie, Levelt and Bishop.