Psycholinguistics studies the mental aspects of language and speech. It examines how humans acquire, use, and understand language through psychological and neurobiological factors. The document outlines key topics in psycholinguistics, including the definition of the field, characteristics of human language, how language varies worldwide, cognitive processes involved in language, and how children learn language in stages from birth.

1. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

2. Object of study:
1. The definition of psycholinguistics
2. The characteristics of human language
3. Language of the world
4. Cognitive process
5. How children learn language

3. 1. The Definition of Psycholinguistics
Psycholinguistics The study of the mental
aspects of language and speech a branch of
both linguistics and psychology.
Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is
the study of the psychological and
neurobiological factors that enable humans to
acquire, use, and understand language
Psycholinguistics focuses upon the
comprehension and production of language

4. 2. The characteristics of human
language
a) Language is a social tool
b) Language must be learned
c) The relationship between the sounds of a
language and their meaning is arbitrary and
dual
d) Language has rules
e) Language allows humans to be creative.

5. 3. Language of the world
Language is the specifically human capacity for
acquiring and using complex systems of acoustic
as well as kinesics signals to express thoughts and
feelings and language is used for the exchange of
knowledge and experiences. The problem on this
planet is the language systems vary greatly from
region to region. The variety may be so different
that one individual does not understand the
language of a member from another region or
country.

6. Most Difficult Language To Learn:
• Chinese
• Arabic
• Tuyuca
• Hungarian
• Japanese
• Navajo
• Estonian
• Basque
• Polish
• Icelandic

7. 4. Cognitive process

8. 5. How children learn language
Language learning is natural. Babies are born with
the ability to learn it and that learning begins at
birth. All children, no matter what language their
parents speak, learn language much the same
way. This learning takes place in three basic
stages.
• Stage One – Learning Sounds
• Stage Two – Learning Words
• Stage Three – Learning Sentences

9. • Language Development
Language develops at different rates in different children, but
most children follow this pattern:
 Birth
 Six Months
 Eight Months
 Twelve Months
 Eighteen Months
 Twenty-Four Months
 Thirty to Thirty-Six Months
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10. Conclusion
• Psycholinguistics is an area of study which
draws from linguistics and psychology and
focuses upon the comprehension and
production of language.