PS366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Tachistoscope, Noam Chomsky, Wilhelm Wundt
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Psycholinguistics stresses the knowledge of language and the cognitive processes involved in ordinary language use. Psycholinguistics are also interested in the social rules involved in language use and the brain mechanisms associated with language: contemporary interest in psycholinguistics began in the 1950s, although important precursors existed early in the 20th century. Language processes and linguistic knowledge: tacit knowledge, refers to the knowledge of how to perform various acts, e. g. ) A baseball pitcher might know how to throw a baseball 90 miles per hour: most of our linguistic knowledge is tacit, explicit knowledge, refers to the knowledge of the processes or mechanism used in tacit acts, e. g. ) But he might have little or no explicit knowledge of the muscle groups that are involved in this act. Garden path sentences: we get a hint of what is involved when the process breaks down, e. g. )
