Psycholinguistics

What is psycholinguistics concerned with?

• The way in which language is produced and understood.

• The arrangement of words to create well-formed sentences.

• How words are formed.

Which of the following is a "garden path" sentence?

• The child read a book.

• The florist sent the flowers was pleased.

• The dogs ran outside.

What are the 3 branches of psycholinguistics?

• Language production, language acquisition, and language comprehension.

• Language reading, language production, and language comprehension.

• Language acquisition, language production, and language coherence.

True or False:

There is a difference between language acquisition and language learning.

• False

• True

True or False:

Monolinguals are more prone to the "Tip of Tongue" state than bilinguals.

• True

• False

According to Chomsky, children ________.

• are born already knowing a language

• learn through imitation

• are born with an instinct or drive for language learning