languageprocessing
nounUK /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ ˌprəʊ.ses.ɪŋ/
US /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ ˌprɑː.ses.ɪŋ/
How your brain understands and uses words.
Reading a story and knowing what it means is a kind of language processing.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. How a computer reads and understands human words.
The phone uses language processing to answer your questions.
3. The steps a person takes to turn thoughts into sentences.
Talking quickly needs fast language processing.
4. The study of how words and sentences are understood.
She studies language processing at the university.