Definition of "psycholinguistics" []

• The study of the influence of psychological factors on the development, use, and interpretation of language. (noun)

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• "That is to say, Jackendoff attempts to map on to the concept of Universal Grammar findings in psycholinguistics regarding language processing and memory, and even goes so far to show how the UG may have evolved."
• "Mind you I did have the unfair advantage of learning to read before my parents and teachers had heard of phonics, synthetic phonics "psycholinguistics", look and say, language experience method or context support method."
• "Number Six is all about the subtextual warfare, Pinterian psycholinguistics, a constant probing in the undercurrents of even the most banal niceties."