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PSYCHOLIGUISTICS
Morris (1938) logical positivist division of the study of signs and symbols
Logicophilosophical
frame of reference:
division of the field
into problems of
STRUCTURE,
COMPREHENSION
AND BELIEF
Syntactics or problems of
structure
Semantics or problems
of comprehension
Pragmatics or problems
of belief
AMERICA:
Blomenthal, 1987, Reber, 1987
Wilhelm Wundt: a master of psycholinguitics:
language could be explained in the basis os
psychological principles
1.
2.
Formative
period
Linguistic
period
PERIOD
3.
Cognitive
period
CHARACTERISTIC AND
MAIN CONTRIBUTORS
Language depends upon human
cognition; language is one of several
outcomes of more fundamental
cognitive processes
Chomsky(1968): linguistics is a field
of human cognition (cognitive
psychology)
Bever and Slobin (1973): reject the
centrality and independence of
grammar
Linguistic structure is not learned
independently of semantic concepts
and discourse functions
Acquisition of language: result of the
interaction between the linguistc
and other behavioral systems
PERIOD
CHARACTERISTIC AND
MAIN CONTRIBUTORS