Introduction to Psycholinguistics: Selected Readings

Abstract

Introduction to Psycholinguistics – Selected Readings is a coursebook intended for university students majoring in English. Through excerpts of readings on the theoretical background and research findings, it provides an overview of the discipline that explores the psychological processes underlying the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language with insights into the relationship between language, mind, and culture. Whereas linguistics is the study of language itself (including such topics as the internal structure and diachronic development of language), psycholinguistics is an empirical and theoretical study of the mental faculty that underpins our consummate linguistic ability.