psycholinguistn.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊˈlɪŋɡwɪst/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˈlɪŋɡwᵻst/ A student of or specialist in psycholinguistics.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > interdisciplinary psychology > [noun] > psycholinguistics > expert in
psycholinguist1953
psycholinguistician1975
the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > psycholinguistics or neurolinguistics > one who studies
psycholinguist1953
neurolinguist1961
psycholinguistician1975
1953 J. B. Carroll Study of Lang. iv. 121 It is also possible that the mass statistics..will provide the psycholinguist with a rewarding set of material for study.
1977 Verbatim Dec. 1/1 The psycholinguists working with infants by and large ignored the obvious; eye contact and touch between mother and child.
1995 New Scientist 28 Oct. 54/3 The train-wrecker's note is being deconstructed back at FBI head-quarters by a team of ‘psycholinguists’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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