1. Damaris Escobar 2012

2. What is
neurolinguistics?
 It is the study of the neural mechanisms in
the human brain that control the
comprehension, production, and acquisition
of language.
 Neurolinguists studies the physiological
mechanisms by which the brain processes
information related to language

3. Interactions with other fields
 As an interdisciplinary field,
neurolinguistics draws methodology and
theory from fields such
as neuroscience, linguistics, cognitive
science, neurobiology, communication
disorders, neuropsychology,
and computer science.

4. Neurolinguistics research is carried out in all the
major areas of linguistics
Research questions in
Subfield Description
neurolinguistics
how the brain extracts speech
sounds from
Phonetics the study of speech sounds an acoustic signal, how the
brain separates speech sounds
from background noise
how the phonological system
the study of how sounds are
Phonology of a particular language is
organized in a language
represented in the brain
the study of how words are how the brain stores and
Morphology andlexicology structured and stored in accesses words that a person
the mental lexicon knows
the study of how multiple- how the brain combines
Syntax word utterances are words into constituents and
constructed sentences; how structural and
the study of how meaning is semantic information is used
Semantics
encoded in language in understanding sentences

5. Topics considered
 Neurolinguistics research
investigates several topics, including
where language information is
processed, how language processing
unfolds over time, how brain
structures are related to language
acquisition and learning, and how
neurophysiology can contribute
to speech and language pathology.

6. Neurolinguistics takes into
account:
 Localizations of language processes
 Time course of language processes
 Language acquisition
 Language pathology

7. Neurolinguistics and
language teaching NLP
 The NLP model explains how we
process information which comes to
us from the outside and is based on
the work of Richard Bandler and
John Grinder, who initially
recognized the importance of eye
contact and movement in identifying
emotional states and how (rather
than what) individuals think.

8. NLP INCLUDES:
It encompasses or is related to 'left /
right brain' functions, 'visual /
auditory / kinaesthetic' learning
styles, multiple intelligence and other
areas of research which are
attempting to identify modes of
learning whilst recognising the
importance of the individual learner.

9. TASK
 MAKE A CONCEPT MAP THAT
SHOWS WHAT YOU LEARNED
ABOUT NEURO LINGUISTICS

10. THANKS
FOR
YOUR
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