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Chapter 6 Language Processing in Mind
6.1 Introduction
1. Language is a mirror of the mind in a deep and significant sense.
2. Language is a product of human intelligence, created a new in each individual by
operation that lie far beyond the reach of will or consciousness.
3. Psycholinguistics “proper” can perhaps be glossed as the storage, comprehension,
production and acquisition of language in any medium (spoken or written).
4. Psycholinguistics is concerned primarily with investigating the psychological reality of
linguistic structures.
5. The differences between psycholinguistics and psychology of language.
Psycholinguistics can be defined as the storage, comprehension, production and
acquisition of language in any medium (spoken or written). It is concerned primarily with
investigating the psychological reality of linguistic structures.
On the other hand, the psychology of language deals with more general topics such as the
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extent to which language shapes thought, and from the psychology of communication,
includes non-verbal communication such as gestures and facial expressions.
6. Cognitive psycholinguistics: Cognitive psycholinguistics is concerned above all with
making inferences about the content of the human mind.
7. Experimental psycholinguistics: Experimental psycholinguistics is mainly concerned with
empirical matters, such as speed of response to a particular word.
6.1.1 Evidence
1. Linguists tend to favor descriptions of spontaneous speech as their main source of
evidence, whereas psychologists mostly prefer experimental studies.
2. The subjects of psycholinguistic investigation are normal adults and children on the one
hand, and aphasics----people with speech disorders-----on the other. The primary assumption
with regard to aphasic patient that a breakdown in some part of language could lead to an
understanding of which components might be independent of others.
6.1.2 Current issues
1. Modular theory: Modular theory assumes that the mind is structured into separate
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