psycholinguistics

psy·cho·lin·guis·tics (s

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ng-gw

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n. (used with a sing. verb)

The study of the influence of psychological factors on the development, use, and interpretation of language.

psycho·linguist n.

psycho·lin·guistic adj.

psycholinguistics [ˌsaɪkəʊlɪŋˈgwɪstɪks]

(Linguistics) (Psychology) (functioning as singular) the psychology of language, including language acquisition by children, the mental processes underlying adult comprehension and production of speech, language disorders, etc.

psycholinguist n

psycholinguistic adj

psycholinguistics

the study of the relationships between language and the behavioral mechanisms of its users, especially in language learning by children. — psycholinguist, n. — psycholinguistic, adj.

See also: Linguistics

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Noun

psycholinguistics - the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance

cognitive psychology - an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes

Translations

psycholinguistics [ˌsaɪkəʊlɪŋˈgwɪstɪks] NSING → psicolingüística f

psycholinguistics

n sing → Psycholinguistik f

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As a doctoral student in psycholinguistics, "this idea of music and language is right up my alley," she said in a phone interview.

THE SLIDE RULES by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

Budding toddlers recognize the difference between nouns and verbs in simple sentences, even though the kids don't utter such sentences for at least another year, say Anne Christophe of the Laboratory of Cognitive Sciences and Psycholinguistics in Paris and her colleagues.

2-year-olds don't talk in sentences but can still tell nouns from ... by Bower, Bruce / Science News

00 Hardcover Empirical approaches to language typology; 41 P128 While theoretical linguistics, psycholinguistics, and computational linguistics have recently become more sensitive to cross-linguistic variation, they have still disproportionately focused on well-known and well-described languages.

The use of databases in cross-linguistic studies by Reference & Research Book News

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