The New Psychology of Language: From Body to Mental Model and Back Van Ton Dijkstra and David Peeters is an English-language textbook that covers the latest insights into the psychology of language and communication. It provides an up-to-date overview of language processing, including the role of the body, brain, and mental models.
The book introduces the Language User Framework, a theoretical framework for understanding a wide range of language activities such as conversation comprehension, reading, and multilingualism. The focus here is on language as a bodily and cognitive activity aimed at constructing and conveying meaningful mental models.
With practice-oriented exercises, case studies, and illustrations, this reference work also highlights controversies and methods in language research. It is suitable for students in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, and communication science.
The content aligns with fields such as psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics.