Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistics is the study of how the human brain understands and processes language. It deals specifically with the areas of how language is acquired or learned and how the output of speaking or communicating language is formed. One of the leading figures in psycholinguistics is Noam Chomsky. Chomsky views the process of language as being … Keep Reading → similar to a computer program that has been imprinted on the brain. The development of the capacity for language is therefore innate and will proceed according to definable steps. Psycholinguistics seeks to understand where and when all of these steps occur and what they look like. It focuses on area such as perception, thought, memory, and ability to learn and remember. Psycholinguists overlaps in some areas with other parts of linguistics such as developmental linguistics. An example of this would be the question of whether language acquisition is easier in children; and if so, then why.
