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psycholing

/ˈsaɪ.koʊˌlɪŋ/

psycholing is the abbreviation of psycholinguistics.

Meaning of psycholinguistics

Noun

psycholinguistics (uncountable)

  1. The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.
    • Psycholinguistics is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain: i.e., the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, comprehend, produce and use language.
    Synonyms:
    psychology of language

Questions about psycholing

What is psycholing the abbreviation of?
Psycholing is the abbreviation of psycholinguistics.
How do you pronounce psycholing?
Psycholing is pronounced /ˈsaɪ.koʊˌlɪŋ/.

Words near psycholing in the dictionary

  1. psycholegal
  2. psycholeptic
  3. psycholeptics
  4. psycholexical
  5. psycholexically
  6. psycholing
  7. psycholinguist
  8. psycholinguistic
  9. psycholinguistical
  10. psycholinguistically
  11. psycholinguistics

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