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PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("psycholinguistics" is a kind of...):
cognitive psychology (an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes)
Derivation:
psycholinguist (a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language)
psycholinguistic (of or relating to the psychology of language)
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