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Topic 11 Neurolinguistics Psycholinguistics Wang Lijuan Introduction Traditionally, linguists pay more attention to language system itself. Now, the technological advances enables more investigation of the human brain and language processing. Two branches of linguistics: neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics 11.1 Neurolinguistics Neurolinguistics is the study of the relationship between brain and language. It includes research into 1. how the structure of the brain influences language learning; 2. how and in which parts of the brain language is stored; 3. how damage to the brain af