Language is complex and rich, and the ability to acquire it is nothing short of remarkable. In an attempt to help explain how learners manage to do so, researchers have looked to the speech we hear,…
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The world is an incredibly complicated place when it comes to learning your first words. Imagine a toddler playing with a toy duck, a toy rabbit, and a brand new, orange toy with a very long neck. The
Earlier this year, a group of students studying for their Media A-level got in touch with us. For their coursework project, they were putting together a mini documentary about the educational value of
How children learn verbs is one of the trickiest conundrums facing researchers in language acquisition. Nouns are easy: it’s not surprising that the first object names babies learn are for the objects
Dr Bahar Köymen will present the next LuCiD seminar on children's reasoning with peers. The seminar will take place from 11.00-12.30 on Tuesday 7th June at the Lancaster University and is open to…
It was a delightful Saturday morning in Liverpool. The sun was cracking the flags, the birds were singing with glee, and the local ice cream men were out in force, battling for the attention of the…