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• n  the branch of cognitive psychology that studies the psychological basis of linguistic competence and performance

• As it develops, the discipline has spawned such hybrids or specialties as computational linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, even biological linguistics.

News & Articles

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• 'Huh?' Is Global, Study Shows
  The word "huh?" is not only pronounced similarly across languages, but it also carries a similar meaning around the world, according to a new study. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics examined 196 recordings of 10 different languages used the world.
  Nov. 9, 2013 - The Huffington Post