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Psycholinguistics Is a branch of study which combines the disciplines of psychology and linguistics. It is concerned with the relationship between the human mind and the language as it examines the processes that occur in brain while producing and perceiving both written and spoken discourse. It focuses mainly on how language is learnt , stored and , occasionally lost.
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Branches Of linguistics Psycholinguistics Psycholinguistics
Isabranchofstudywhichcombinesthe
disciplinesofpsychologyandlinguistics. It is concerned with the
relationship between the human mind and the language as it examines
the processes that occur in brain while producing and perceiving
both written and spoken discourse. It focuses mainly on how
language is learnt , stored and , occasionally lost.
Psycholinguistics Asaseparatebranchofstudyemergedinthelate1950s
and1960s as a result of Chomskyanrevolution. The aim of
psycholinguistics is: To find out the structureand process of
language and it underlies the human ability to speak and understand
Psycholinguisticsanswersthe followingquestions
raisedbypeopleaboutlanguage :
1- how did language arise ? 2- how do children acquire it ? 3- why
does it change? 4- howcan we teachandlearn languages that are not
our mother tongues? 5- How do people use their languages? Language
Acquisition
The three primary processes investigated in psycholinguistics
Language Comprehension Language Production Language Acquisition
Comprehension : Dealswith what apersondoes whenhelistensto speech
and understandsit , and when he stores it and remembers it.
Production : a person says what he's saying..
Its the side of language which deals withthe question of how and
why a person says what he's saying.. Language a acquisition :
Language acquisition, is the process by which humans acquire the
capacity to perceive, produce and use words tounderstand and
communicate. Language acquisition, the process of learning a native
or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is
studied primarily by developmental psychologists and
psycholinguists. Although how children learn to speak is not
perfectly understood, most explanations involve both the
observation that children copy what they hear and the inference
that human beings have a natural aptitude for understanding
grammar. Theprocesswhereby the childrenachievea fluent
controloftheirlanguage
is both Behavioral and rationalistic but what's the
differencebetween them ??????? - Language is a result of
experience
Behavioral Rationalistic - Language is a result of experience -
Language is a stimulus response process - Language is a conditioned
behavior - Children learn language by imitation - Language learning
is practice based - Language learning is mechanical - Language is
from a specific condition - Language is an innate born process -
Language is not behavior like others - Children learn language by
application - Language is ruled base - Language is analytic ,
generative and creative Aphasia The sudden or gradual loss of
language duetoage orstroke.Soitsthe inabilityto speak , perceive or
process language. We all can experience aphasia when we cant
remember a specific word or when we say " put that in the fridge"
and we mean the oven. Such slips are commonplace and are made by
all users of language when the are tired , tense or getting old.
Two types of Aphasia Brocas aphasia : which is traced to damage in
Brocas region. It results in the loss of ability to plan the motor
sequences for the production of speech. Wernickes aphasia : that
results from damage to wernicks area in the left hemisphere .
Wernicks aphasia suffer from receptive disorders.They dont have
problems in speaking but they tend to produce unintelligible speech
and they have severe problems in comprehendng stress and in
selecting the right word.