语言学06.pptVIP

F- ending nouns Unit Six Language Processing in Mind 1. Introduction 2. Language comprehension 3. Discourse/text interpretation 4. Language production 1. Introduction Language is a mirror of the mind in a deep and significant sense.It is a product of human intelligence, created anew in each individual by operations that lie far beyond the reach of will or consciousness. The study of “language and mind” aims to model the workings of the mind in relation to language. Introduction The label most usually given to the study of “language and mind” is psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics “proper” can perhaps be glossed as the storage, comprehension, production and acquisition of language in any medium (spoken or written). Introduction A possible divide within psycholinguistics is of those who style themselves cognitive psycholinguists as opposed to experimental psycholinguists. Cognitive psycholinguists are concerned above all with making inferences about the content of the human mind. Experimental psychologists are somewhat more concerned with empirical matters, such as speed of response to a particular word. Introduction (1) Evidence: Linguists tend to favour descriptions of spontaneous speech as their main source of evidence; psychologists mostly prefer experimental studies. The subjects of psycholinguistic investigation are normal adults and children on the one hand, and aphasics – people with speech disorders – on the other. Introduction Introduction (2) Current issues: The three main strands of psycholinguistic research are the comprehension, production and acquisition of language. ① How do people use their knowledge of language and how do they understand what they hear or read? ② How do they produce messages that others can understand in turn? ③ How language is represented in the mind and how language is acquired? 2. Language Comprehension Reading and speech comprehension both involve several processes. It is important for the reader or listener to take account of