"psycholinguistics" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: psycho- + linguistics. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|psycho|linguistics}} psycho- + linguistics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} psycholinguistics (uncountable)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: psycholinguistics Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms (field of study concerning the comprehension and production of language): psychology of language Derived forms: developmental psycholinguistics Related terms: neurolinguistics Translations (field of study concerning the comprehension and production of language): psixolinqvistika (Azerbaijani), 心理語言學 (Chinese Cantonese), 心理语言学 (sam¹ lei⁵ jyu⁵ jin⁴ hok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 心理語言學 (Chinese Mandarin), 心理语言学 (xīnlǐ yǔyánxué) (Chinese Mandarin), psykolingvistiikka (Finnish), psycholinguistique [feminine] (French), Psycholinguistik [feminine] (German), Sprachpsychologie [feminine] (German), pszicholingvisztika (Hungarian), psicolinguistica [feminine] (Italian), psicologia del linguaggio [feminine] (Italian), 心理言語学 (shinrigengogaku) (Japanese), 심리언어학 (simnieoneohak) (Korean), psicolinguística [feminine] (Portuguese), психолингви́стика (psixolingvístika) [feminine] (Russian), isimu nafsia (Swahili), psikolinguistik (Turkish)

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