Psycholinguistics And Semantics In The Late Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries: Interaction And Interdependence

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Sytniak Roman, a PhD in General linguistics, Associate Professor at Department of Roman and Germanic Languages, Horlivka Institute for Foreign Languages HSEE “Donbas State Pedagogical University” (Bakhmut, Ukraine). His areas of research interests include historical semantics, discourse studies, lexicology, and cognitive linguistics.

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Sytniak, R. Psycholinguistics And Semantics In The Late Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries: Interaction And Interdependence [Text] // Linhvistychni Studiyi / Linguistic Studies : collection of scientific papers / Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University; Ed. by Anatoliy Zahnitko. Vinnytsia : Vasyl' Stus DonNU, 2021. Vol. 42. Pp. 175-182. ISBN 966-7277-88-7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31558/1815-3070.2021.42

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Volume first published online: December 01, 2021

Article received: August 10, 2021, accepted: October 08, 2021 and first published online: December 01, 2021

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Розглянуто виникнення та розвиток психолінгвістики як окремого напряму мовознавства. Потреба пояснювати лінгвістичні процеси: мотивацію виникнення, зміни відповідно до розвитку суспільства, перспективи еволюції та інші численні варіативні властивості внутрішньої форми слова змусили лінгвістів звернутися до екстралінгвістичних, а саме психологічних факторів, що є невід’ємною складовою семантичних змін. Висвітлені основні властивості оперування лексичними значеннями багатозначних слів через психологічне сприйняття потреби активізації того чи іншого значення під впливом внутрішньої семантичної «ієрархії» і контекстуального впливу.

Keywords: psycholinguistics, psychological factor, extralinguistic context, ambiguous word, lexical access, word identification.

Volume 42, 2021, pp. 175-182

Psycholinguistics And Semantics In The Late Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries: Interaction And Interdependence

Sytniak Roman

Article first published online: December 01, 2021

Abstract.

PSYCHOLINGUISTICS AND SEMANTICS IN THE LATE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES: INTERACTION AND INTERDEPENDENCE.

Roman Sytniak

Department of Roman and Germanic Languages, Horlivka Institute for Foreign Languages HSEE “Donbas State Pedagogical University”, Bakhmut, Ukraine.

Abstract

Background: Since the beginning of the XX century psycholinguistics has captured the minds of the researches who are not satisfied with pure linguistic or pure psychological explanation of how people build up their communication. Speech reactions are considered by them to be much more complex than speaking or reading, but such that they contain reasoning, desire, dreaming, planning and, in general, the whole complex of human behavior.

Purpose: The purpose of the research is to reveal the views of the prominent linguists and psychologists of the XX – early XXI century on psycholinguistics as the tool for understanding lexical semantic processes.

Results: Linguistic laws should take into account a variety of psychological factors which include historical, cultural, and a lot of other factors influencing our way of thinking and reflecting it in the language. Understanding principles of peoples’ thinking when operating different lexical meanings of ambiguous/polysemantic words gives us a wide range of opportunities to develop the ways to help people of different languages and cultures merge into a big international society.

Discussion: Obvious advantages of psycholinguistics make it a prospective science due to multiculturalism of the language audience and flexibility of communicating conditions. So, the food for thinking and discussion here seems endless.

Key words: psycholinguistics, psychological factor, extralinguistic context, ambiguous word, lexical access, word identification.

Vitae

Sytniak Roman is a PhD in General linguistics, Associate Professor at Department of Roman and Germanic Languages, Horlivka Institute for Foreign Languages HSEE “Donbas State Pedagogical University” (Bakhmut, Ukraine). His areas of research interests include historical semantics, discourse studies, lexicology, and cognitive linguistics.

Correspondence: sytniakromannest@gmail.com

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