Psycholinguistics
Study the psychological and neurobiological factors
that enable humans to acquiere to use to comprehend and to produce language
Linguistics
Scientific study of language
Can be conbined with other disciplines in order to create hybrid disciplines; it combine the scientific approaches with linguistics.
- Sociolinguistics
- Historical linguistics
- Computational linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
Has its own branches and goals
Language processing
Speech production = how is it produced?
Comprehension = how is it interpreted?
Language Acquisition
Acquisition studies = How young children acquire language?
Strategies = What strategies are applied for their language production?
Phases = What happens at different phases of development?
Neurolinguistics
The CNS (Central nervous System)
Brain centers = two hemispheres, left and rigth
Language Disorders = physiological damage to the brain can impair language
Psycology
Scientific study of human mind and its functions