English (language)

English is a language that belongs to the Indo-European language family. Its parent language is Old English, an attested language. In English, words like Mind and Brain are related to mental activity or other psychological processes. To transcribe the English language from speech to writing, scripts (writing systems) like Latin are used.

For example, the sentence below utilizes both the English language and Latin (Script) script:

I will only praise the lord of wisdom. (Script)
I will only praise the lord of wisdom.

Psychological words in English: A–Z

Entry
Simple definition
noun
the complex human organ within the skull that controls the nervous system
noun
Gut
the lower part of the alimentary canal; intestine
noun
the upper or front part of the body in vertebrates, including man, that contains and protects the brain, eyes, mouth, and nose and ears when present
noun
the hollow muscular organ in vertebrates whose contractions propel the blood through the circulatory system
noun
the human faculty to which are ascribed thought, feeling, etc.
noun
the human mind or soul
noun
the spirit or immaterial part of man, the seat of human personality, intellect, will, and emotions, regarded as an entity that survives the body after death

Citation

MLA 8

PsychLing Contributors. "English." PsychLing, OMNIKA Foundation, 24 Jul. 2023, psylng.org/mli/indo/eng. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.

APA 6

PsychLing (2023, July 24). English. Retrieved from https://psylng.org/mli/indo/eng

CMS 16

PsychLing Contributors. "English." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 24, 2023. Modified September 18, 2023. Accessed October 4, 2024. https://psylng.org/mli/indo/eng.

Bibliography

DLP

Crystal, David, ed. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2011.

DoL

Dalby, Andrew. Dictionary of Languages: The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages. London, United Kingdom: A & C Black, 2004.

Ethnologue

Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig, eds. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 25th ed." Dallas, TX: SIL International, 2022. Accessed August 20, 2023. https://www.ethnologue.com. [Visit]

Glottolog

Hammarström, Harald, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath, and Sebastian Bank. "Glottolog: A Database of Languages." Leipzig, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Created 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://glottolog.org. [Visit]

IDS

Key, Mary R., and Bernard Comrie, eds. "IDS: The Intercontinental Dictionary Series." Leipzig, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Created 2013. Accessed August 28, 2023. https://ids.clld.org. [Visit]

OMNIKA

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "OMNIKA: Digital Mythology Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created January 21, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://omnika.org. [Visit]

ISO 639-3

SIL International Contributors. "ISO 639-3 Registration Authority: International Standard for Language Codes." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://iso639-3.sil.org. [Visit]

ScriptSource

SIL International Contributors. "ScriptSource: Index of Languages and Writing Systems." Dallas, TX: SIL International. Created June 11, 2011. Accessed July 28, 2023. https://scriptsource.org. [Visit]

CED ME

Treffry, Diana, ed. Collins English Dictionary: Millennium Edition. 4ed. Glasgow, Great Britain: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.

Wikipedia

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