Journals
A selection of top journals in the field of cognitive linguistics
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BiolinguisticsExplores the biological foundations for language.
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Brain & LanguageJournal on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying human language. Covers a variety of modern techniques in cognitive neuroscience.
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Cognitive LinguisticsPresents linguistic research on the interaction between language and cognition. The focus is on "language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information."
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Journal of NeurolinguisticsPresents research on the interaction between language, communication and brain processes.
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Journal of PragmaticsJoP addresses questions essential to our understanding of how language works in communicative and social interaction. Studies approach issues in general linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and corpus linguistics.
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Language, Cognition & NeuroscienceTakes an "interdisciplinary approach to the study of brain and language, and promotes studies that integrate cognitive theoretical accounts of language and its neural bases."
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Language SciencesPresents conceptual and theoretical issues in general linguistics.
Databases
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Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCovers linguistics and related disciplines such as language acquisition, bilingualism, and artificial intelligence. Time-span 1973 - Limited to authorized UM users
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PsycInfo (APA) This link opens in a new windowContains more than three million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and reports in the field of psychology. Journal coverage includes international material selected from more than 2,000 titles. Covers years from 1800 to the present. Access limited to current UM students, faculty and staff
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Web of Science This link opens in a new windowCovering 12,000+ scholarly journals, plus selected books and published conference proceedings in all academic disciplines, the Web of Science Core Collection combines seven citation indexes which permit searching for articles that cite a known author or work, as well as searching by subject, author, journal, and author address.
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Child Development & Adolescent Studies This link opens in a new windowIndex to current and historical literature related to growth and development of children through the age of 21.
Reference Sources
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International Handbook of Language Acquisition byISBN: 9781315110622Publication Date: 2019Covers a variety of issues, from the underlying cognitive processes and role of language input to development of key language dimensions, as well as typical and atypical language development.
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Sage Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and DisordersInterdisciplinary perspectives on human communication, both normal and disordered, across the lifespan.
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Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development byISBN: 9781107103412Publication Date: 2017Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of child development, including language development and cognition.
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Encyclopedia of Language DevelopmentTheory and research on language development from birth through adulthood, as well as their practical application.
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Oxford Handbook of Developmental LinguisticsExplores leading questions within developmental linguistics. Each chapter treats an area of grammatical knowledge, such as syntax, semantics and morphology.
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