PsyCholinguistics-adead discipline term coined in 1954 [Osgood aim: to describe the exact operation of the brain during the production or processing of language psychology Ingulsucs InguistICs
Psycholinguistics - a dead discipline? • term coined in 1954 (Osgood) psychology linguistics psycholinguistics • aim: to describe the exact operation of the brain during the production or processing of language
Paradigm shifitin linguisticS 195 publication of " syntactic structures" by chomsky refutes behaviorism proposes the" approach considers linguistics a subfield of cognitive psychology
A paradigm shift in linguistics: • refutes behaviorism • proposes the “mentalist” approach • considers linguistics a subfield of cognitive psychology 1957: publication of “Syntactic structures” by Chomsky
Behaviorism in linguistics and psychology reduces mental activity and cognition to implicit, observable behavior behavior is explained as a relationship between input and output lie stimulus and response studies of speech behavior and the sound system prevailed cf Skinner B.: verbal behavior [5)
Behaviorism in linguistics and psychology: • reduces mental activity and cognition to implicit, observable behavior • behavior is explained as a relationship between input and output (i.e. stimulus and response) • studies of speech behavior and the sound system prevailed • cf. Skinner, B.F.: “Verbal Behavior” (1957)
Areas of psycholinguistic interest X. language acquisition [Ll and L2I X language comprehension includes symbol recognition, speech perception language simulation [NLP, POP] X. concepts of reality and language memory constraints (STM/LTMresearch) X.knowledge representation X. strategies of learning
Areas of psycholinguistic interest: • language acquisition (L1 and L2) • language comprehension (includes symbol recognition, speech perception) • language simulation (NLP, PDP) • concepts of reality and language • memory constraints (STM/LTM research) • knowledge representation • strategies of learning
sycholinguistics and related disciplines classic psycholinguistics: language acquisition language impairment aphasia research reaction times ERP measurements
Psycholinguistics and related disciplines “classic” psycholinguistics: - language acquisition - language impairment - aphasia research - reaction times - ERP measurements