the psychology of language, including language acquisition by children, the mental processes underlying adult comprehension and production of speech, language disorders, etc
Derived forms
psycholinguist (ˌpsychoˈlinguist)
noun
psycholinguistic (ˌpsycholinˈguistic)
adjective
psycholinguistics in American English
(ˌsaɪkoʊlɪŋˈgwɪstɪks)
noun
the branch of linguistics that analyzes the psychological factors involved in the perception of and response to linguistic phenomena