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Psychology of Reading

2nd Edition

By: Keith Rayner,Alexander Pollatsek,Jane Ashby,Charles Clifton Jr.

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Psychology of Reading

2nd Edition

By: Keith Rayner,Alexander Pollatsek,Jane Ashby,Charles Clifton Jr.

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 learned about the reading process from research by cognitive psychologists. This book summarizes that important work and puts it into a coherent framework. The book’s central theme is how readers go about extracting information from the printed page and comprehending the text. Like its predecessor, this thoroughly updated 2nd Edition encompasses all aspects of the psychology of reading with chapters on writing systems, word recognition, the work of the eyes during reading, inner speech, sentence processing, discourse processing, learning to read, dyslexia, individual differences and speed reading. Psychology of Reading, 2nd Edition, is essential reading for undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in cognitive psychology and could be used as a core textbook on courses on the psychology of reading and related topics. In addition, the clear writing style makes the book accessible to people without a background in psychology but who have a personal or professional interest in the process of reading.

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Psychology Press

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1136579672

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9781136579677

The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

Eyetracking, ERPs and Beyond

By: Manuel Carreiras,Charles Clifton, Jr.

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The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

Eyetracking, ERPs and Beyond

By: Manuel Carreiras,Charles Clifton, Jr.

Addresses issues relating to the use of advanced research techniques - specifically Eyetracking and ERP - to study the moment-by-moment mental processes that occur while a reader or listener is understanding language.

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420

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Psychology Press

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1135423946

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9781135423940

Construal

By: Lyn Frazier,Charles Clifton

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Construal

By: Lyn Frazier,Charles Clifton

Construal presents a new theory of sentence processing, one that allows a limited type of underspecification in the syntactic analysis of sentences. It extends what has arguably been the dominant theory of parsing (the garden-path theory developed by Lyn Frazier and colleagues) through the 1980s into new and previously unexplored domains, and greatly advances the potential for insights into how meaning is both made and understood. Frazier and Clifton, both pioneers in parsing theory, present new psycholinguistic theory and experimentation concerning how "nonprimary" phrases are analyzed in sentence comprehension. They define a process of "construal" and show how it accounts for cases in which the parser does not fully determine structure during the course of ordinary comprehension. The idea of construal arises in part through the authors' critical review of the challenges to their established framework for research on structural parsing. While they demonstrate that the principles of parsing theory remain valid for a wide variety of languages and grammatical constructions, they go beyond them to clearly identify those types of constructions built by the process of construal. Frazier and Clifton show that construal follows distinct principles, and they flesh out their hypothesis with previously unexamined evidence and new empirical tests.

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250

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MIT Press

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0262061791

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9780262061797

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Men who Changed a Nation

By: Charles E. Francis

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The Tuskegee Airmen

The Men who Changed a Nation

By: Charles E. Francis

An account of the heroism and idealism of the African-American pilots of the Army Air Corps during WWII and their impact on integration of the US military. Includes b&w photos and lists of officers and enlisted men, combat records, planes shot down, medals awarded, and men lost, plus a chronology. Originally published in 1955, this edition is expanded to include more names and stories of Tuskegeeans. c. Book News Inc.

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Branden Books

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0828320292

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And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since

From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress

By: Charles B. Rangel

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And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since

From the Streets of Harlem to the Halls of Congress

By: Charles B. Rangel

Long on sass and spirit . . . brims with brio. . . As a politician/raconteur with a hell of a tale to tell, he sure has my vote."—The New York Times Book Review In this inspiring and often humorous memoir, the outspoken Democratic congressman from Harlem—later the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee—tells about his early years on Lenox Avenue, being awarded a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart for wounds sustained in a horrific Korean War battle (the last bad day of his life, he says), and his many years in Congress. A charming, natural storyteller, Rangel recalls growing up in Harlem, where from the age of nine he always had at least one job, including selling the legendary Adam Clayton Powell's newspaper; his group of streetwise sophisticates who called themselves Les Garçons; and his time in law school—a decision made as much to win his grandfather's approval as to establish a career. He recounts as well his life in New York politics during the 1960s and the grueling civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. With New York street smarts, Rangel is a tough liberal and an independent thinker, but also a collegial legislator respected by Democrats and Republicans alike who knows and honors the House's traditions. First elected to Congress in 1970, Rangel served on the House Judiciary Committee during the hearings on the articles of impeachment of President Nixon, helped found the Congressional Black Caucus, and led the fight in Congress to pressure U.S. corporations to divest from apartheid South Africa. Best of all, this is a political memoir with heart, the story of a life filled with friends, humor, and accomplishments. Charles Rangel is one of a kind, and this is the story of how he became the celebrated person and politician he is today. He opens his memoir with a preface about the 2006 elections and an outline of his goals as chairman of Ways and Means. From day one he wants to put the public first so that more Americans can say they haven't had a bad day since.

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Macmillan

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1429939281

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9781429939287

Book's by Charles Clifton Jr.

Psychology of Reading

Psychology of Reading

The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

The On-line Study of Sentence Comprehension

Construal

Construal

The Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen

And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since

And I Haven't Had a Bad Day Since

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