Original scientific paper

Psycholinguistics in Yugoslavia

Svenka Savić

Abstract

This review of the development and the state of psycholinguistics in Yugoslavia today, the first attempt of such a type, takes into consideration the world development of psycholinguistics and the development of psychology and linguistics over the last 35 years, whence dates the development of modern psycholinguistics. It is concluded that psycholinguistics in Yugoslavia has a long tradition, its own particular path of development, and a much greater recognition outside the country than at home. Theoretically and methodologically heterogeneous, it is dependent in most research centers upon the considerable influence of Osgood's theory. The most developed of the subdisciplines are developmental, experimental and applied linguistics, while the others (clinical, neuropsycholinguistics or that concerned with mass media) are barely in their formative stages. This discipline is just now on the way to fanning its own independent organisation, journal and more significant research projects. In these features the situation here is similar to that in the other smaller European countries.

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Hrčak ID:

184068

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/184068

Publication date:

15.12.1986.

Article data in other languages: serbian

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