"Sentence processing takes place whenever a reader or listener processes a language utterance, either in isolation or in the context of a conversation or a text."
The study of the mental processes and mechanisms involved in understanding spoken and written language.
Phonetics and phonology: The study of sounds and sound patterns in language, including the production and perception of speech sounds.
Syntax: The study of the structure of sentences and how words are combined to create meaningful phrases and sentences.
Semantics: The study of the meaning and interpretation of words, phrases, and sentences in language.
Pragmatics: The study of how language is used in context to convey meaning, including the use of nonverbal cues and social norms.
Neurolinguistics: The study of the neural bases of language processing and production.
Psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology: The study of how people process and produce language, including language acquisition, reading comprehension, and discourse processing.
Language acquisition: The study of how infants and children learn language, including the role of nature and nurture in language development.
Bilingualism and multilingualism: The study of how individuals learn and use more than one language, and the cognitive and social effects of language proficiency.
Language disorders: The study of communication disorders, including developmental language disorders and aphasia.
Computational linguistics: The study of how language can be processed and analyzed using computers and algorithms.
Semantic Comprehension: This refers to the process of understanding the meanings of words, phrases, sentences, and larger units of discourse.
Syntactic Comprehension: This relates to how people assign meaning based on sentence structure and grammar (syntax).
Pragmatic Comprehension: This pertains to the understanding of how language is used in context or given situations, including the interpretation of implied meanings.
Discourse Comprehension: This involves understanding the larger organization of a text or discourse, including the relationships between sentences, paragraphs, and ideas.
Phonemic Comprehension: This is the ability to perceive and differentiate the sounds (phonemes) of a language.
Morphological Comprehension: This involves the ability to recognize and understand the smallest units of meaning (morphemes) within words and how they combine to shape word meaning.
Prosodic Comprehension: This refers to the use of intonation, rhythm, and stress to convey meaning in spoken language.
Lexical Comprehension: This relates to the understanding of vocabulary and the meaning of individual words.
Non-Literal Language Comprehension: This involves the ability to recognize and understand figurative language such as metaphors, idioms, and irony.
Cross-Linguistic Comprehension: This pertains to the ability to understand languages other than one's primary language, including both the understanding of spoken and written language.
"...either in isolation or in the context of a conversation or a text."
"Many studies of the human language comprehension process have focused on reading of single utterances (sentences) without context."
"Extensive research has shown that language comprehension is affected by context preceding a given utterance as well as many other factors."
"Many other factors."
"Sentence processing takes place... either in isolation or in the context of a conversation or a text."
"Many studies of the human language comprehension process have focused on reading of single utterances (sentences) without context."
"Extensive research has shown that language comprehension is affected by context preceding a given utterance as well as many other factors."
"The reading of single utterances (sentences) without context."
"Yes, language comprehension is affected by... many other factors."
"The purpose of sentence processing is whenever a reader or listener processes a language utterance."
"Sentence processing takes place whenever a reader or listener processes a language utterance."
"In the context of a conversation or a text."
"Extensive research has shown that language comprehension is affected by context preceding a given utterance."
"The studies can include both reading and listening."
"Sentence processing... either in isolation or in the context of a conversation or a text."
"(Language comprehension is affected by) many other factors."
"Sentence processing... in the context of a conversation."
"Many studies of the human language comprehension process have focused on reading of single utterances (sentences) without context."
"Sentence processing takes place... in the context of... a text."