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psycholinguistics Definition

psycho·lin·guis·tics (sī′kō liŋ gwis′tiks)

noun

the branch of linguistics that analyzes the psychological factors involved in the perception of and response to linguistic phenomena

psycholinguistics Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: PsycInfo References to and summaries of journal articles, books and book chapters from 1974 onwards, covering psychology and related fields including psycholinguistics.

Adjective modifier

  • experimental: The papers reflect the breadth of interests of members of the Center, ranging from experimental psycholinguistics to literary theory.
  • theoretical: The dissertation was published in 1991 in the Kluwer series Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics.
  • computational: Year: 1999 Key Words: speech, language, computational modeling Abstract: Encyclopedia entry describing the current state of computational psycholinguistics.