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心理言語学 (しんりげんごがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

心しん理り言げん語ご学がく

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Meanings

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noun

psycholinguistics

Academic field studying the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language.

彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで心しん理り言げん語ご学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
She is majoring in psycholinguistics at university.

Kanji

heart, mind, spirit

理logic, arrangement, reason

言say, word

語word, speech, language

学study, learning, science

Similar words

言げん語ご学がく
General linguistics; 心理言語学 is a subfield focusing on psychological aspects.
認にん知ち科か学がく
Cognitive science; broader interdisciplinary field that includes psycholinguistics.

Etymology

Compound of 心理 (psychology) and 言語学 (linguistics), likely a calque of English 'psycholinguistics'.