Psycholinguistics is the study of
how the human mind produces and understands language. Although all
language is at its heart creative, there are specific types of creative
language that have attracted attention from language researchers due to
an assumed deviation from a utilitarian mode of communication.
Specifically, this entry reviews psycholinguistic research into
figurative language (e.g., metaphor and irony) and humor, and summarizes
current psycholinguistic investigations into how creative meaning is
processed in the human mind. The entry ends by making connections
between creative language and the larger field of creativity research.
- Teacher: Irma Khoirot Daulay
- Teacher: Jamaluddin Nasution