neurolinguisticsn.
/ˌnjʊərə(ʊ)lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/, U.S. /ˈˌn(j)ʊroʊˌlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/ The branch of linguistics concerned with the relationship between language and the structure and function of the brain.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > psycholinguistics or neurolinguistics
linguistic psychology1850
psycholinguistics1936
neurolinguistics1961
1961 E. C. Trager in Stud. in Linguistics 15 70 Neurolinguistics is the term proposed here for a field of interdisciplinary scientific study which does not as yet have a formal existence. Its subject matter is the relationship between the human nervous system and language.
1973 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News 10 Apr. 5/4 She is interested in neurolinguistics and studies of aphasia.
1989 Eng. Today Jan. 29/1 The symposium..will cover such research areas as lexicography, comparative lexicology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, error analysis and interlanguage studies.
1996 Common Ground Summer 114/3 (advt.) Short term hypnosis and Neurolinguistics to rearrange yourself in any area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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