How people understand spoken and written language. How people process language sounds and have conversations.

Language Comprehension

How language is represented in the mind and brain. Includes how people group words to make phrases and how it is represented in the brain.

Language Representation

Language acquisition is the process of learning a language, a key area of study in cognitive development. Research indicates that the sequence in which children learn language structures is remarkably consistent across different individuals and cultures, suggesting a universal pattern in this developmental process.

Language Acquisition

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How people produce language. Includes the physical creation of speech and mental processes involved.

Speech Production

Language is a formal system of communication that is structured by a set of rules, known as grammar, and utilizes a vocabulary of words, referred to as a lexicon.

Language

A field focused on the psychological study of language. The goal is to study the psychological processes. Its four major concerns are: 
- Comprehension
- Speech production
- Representation
- Acquisition


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- Syntax
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
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Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

Psycholinguistics

Studies the effect of all aspects of society, such as how language is used or the effect of society on language. 

Sociolinguistics

The study of how language is represented in the brain, including where the brain stores knowledge of languages, and what happens when we learn and use it. 

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