Psycholinguistics
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Developmental psycholinguistics. This research method focuses on empirical study of the processes and stages involved in the development of language in children. Despite the great complexity of language, virtually all children quickly and easily reach high levels of skill in language use. Studying how children are able to do this is not only interesting for linguists learning about the structure of language, but also for psychologists trying to understand the cognitive processes underlying the acquisition and use of language.