Psycholinguistics

Quick meaning: Psycholinguistics is a noun meaning (linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.

Meaning

(linguistics) The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.

Example Sentences

Psycholinguistics began with attempts to test the empirical validity of various formal linguistic concepts.

The seeds for work on processing have their roots in early L2 research, but the psycholinguistics of SLA didn't really take off until the 1990s.

Psycholinguistics is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain: i.e., the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, comprehend, produce and use language.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psychotypology, patholinguistics, philology, psychophonetics, psychoacoustics, paedolinguistics.

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