INTRODUCTION Psycholinguistics is an integration of two disciplines; psychology and linguistics. Psychology is the study of mind and behaviour; linguistics is the study of language. So, in general, psycholinguistics can be defined as the study of mind and language. It is concerned with the relationship between the human mind and the language as it examines the processes that occur in brain while producing and perceiving language. Psycholinguistics covers three main points; language production, language perception and language acquisition. Language production refers to the processes involved in creating and expressing meaning through language. Language perception refers to processes involved in interpreting and understanding both written and spoken language. Language acquisition refers to processes of acquiring a native or a second language. Psycholinguistics has provided numerous theories that explain the thre...
