August Schleicher's biological approach to language, including his Stammbaumtheorie, aligned with Darwinian ideas prevalent in the 19th century. The origins of psycholinguistics can be traced back to Heymann Steinthal, who advanced the psychology of language. This period saw critical developments in

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Linguistics explores the study of language, encompassing its nature, structure, and functions. It delves into the characteristics of human language, definitions, branches such as applied linguistics and psycholinguistics, as well as scopes like microlinguistics and macrolinguistics. The field invest

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Micro linguistics focuses on the scientific study of speech sounds, word formation, syntax, and meaning within a language, while macro linguistics delves into the societal, psychological, and neurological aspects of language use. Micro linguistic areas include phonetics, phonology, morphology, synta

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Sentence comprehension involves parsing, assigning linguistic categories, and utilizing syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic knowledge. The immediacy principle and wait-and-see approach play roles in the processing of sentences. Figurative language and the challenges in parsing sentences are also disc

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ELAN, a tool developed over 15 years at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psycholinguistics, is utilized in various research contexts like language documentation, acquisition studies, gesture studies, and sign language studies. The workshop covers the introduction to ELAN, basic and advanced features, an

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