This document discusses psycholinguistics, which is the study of how humans acquire, comprehend, and produce language. It covers key areas of study like phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The document also examines theories of language comprehension, production, and acquisition. Some theories discussed are behaviorism, which views language as a process of habit formation through trial and error. The innate/nativist theory proposes humans have an innate, universal grammar. The cognitive theory, developed by Jean Piaget, outlines stages of language development from birth to adulthood.

1. GENERAL LINGUISTIC
• D I E G O U R R A D Í A Z
• P E D A G O G Í A E N I N G L E S
PSYCHOLINGUISTICS

2. PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
• Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the
study of the psychological and neurobiological
factors which enable humans to the acquisition,
comprehension and production of language.
“Psycholinguistics is the study of the cognitive process that supports the
acquisition and use of language”
Schmitt, N.

3. AREAS OF STUDY
• Phonetics and phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax
• Semantics
• Pragmatics

4. LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
Language
comprehension is
a complex
process that
occurs easily and
effortlessly by
humans. It
develops along
with the brain and
is able to be
enhanced with
the use of gesture.
Wernicke’s Area

5. LANGUAGE PRODUCTION
• language production is the production of spoken or
written language. It describes all of the stages
between having a concept, and translating that
concept into linguistic form.
Broca’s Area

6. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
• Language acquisition is the process by which
humans acquire the capacity to perceive,
produce and use words to understand and
communicate.
• Language acquisition usually refers to first-
language acquisition, which studies infants'
acquisition of their native language

7. BEHAVIOURIST THEORY
• B.F Skinner
(1904 – 1990)
• Language
Acquisition is a
process of habit
formation that
involves a period of
trial and error where
the child tries and
fails to use correct
language until it
succeeds.

8. INNATE/NATIVIST THEORY
• Infants acquire
grammar because it is
a universal property of
language, an inborn
development, and
has coined these
fundamental
grammatical ideas
that all humans have
as universal grammar
• Noam Choamsky
(1928)

9. COGNITIVE THEORY
• Sensory-Motor Period- (birth to 2 years)
children's language is "egocentric" and
they talk either for themselves or for the
pleasure of associating anyone who
happens to be there with the activity of
the moment
• Pre-Operational Period- (2 years to 7)
Children's language becomes
"symbolic" allowing them to talk beyond
the "here and now" and to talk about
things such as the past, future and
feelings.
• Egocentrism- Language is considered
egocentric because they see things
purely from their own perspective.
• Operational Period- (7 to 11 years) and
(11 years to adulthood). Language at
this stage reveals the movement of their
thinking from immature to mature and
• Jean Piaget (1896 – 1980)

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