文档介绍：Psycholinguistics - a dead discipline? ? term coined in 1954 (Osgood) psychology linguistics psycho- linguistics ? aim: to describe the exact operation of the brain during the production or processing of language 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 (. stimulus and response) ? studies of speech behavior and the sound system prevailed ? cf. Skinner, .: “ Verbal Behavior ” (1957) Areas of psycholinguistic interest: ? language acquisition (L1 and L2) ? prehension (includes symbol recognition, speech perception) ? language simulation (NLP, PDP) ? concepts of reality and language ? memory constraints (STM/LTM research) ? knowledge representation ? strategies of learning X XX X X Psycholinguistics and related disciplines “ classic ” psycholinguistics: - language acquisition - language impairment - aphasia research - reaction times - ERP measurements Psycholinguistics and related disciplines areas of psycholinguistic research: ? computability of language processing ? neuroscience / neurolinguistics ? cognitive abilities (vision, motor control...) ? conceptualization ? symbolization Classic psycholinguistics concerned with: psychological processes that make acquisition and use of language possible approaches (cf. Clark & Clark) 1. prehension (spoken and written) 2. speech production 3. language acquisition Psycholinguistics - the extended view concerned with: language as a cognitive system internalized within the human mind/brain. ultimate goal: to characterize this internalized system - I language (Chomsky) Classic approaches in psycholinguistics 1. prehension (spoken and written) - co