Picture this: a child is learning how to play with an exciting new toy with lots of possible actions to perform (think Bop It). They’re playing with two adults, who each teach them how to perform a…
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A simple task like grabbing a pint of milk can take much longer for someone popping to the shops with a young baby. Not only because of the preparation required to leave the house with small children,
As adults we say around 10,000-15,000 words a day and hear and understand many more. It’s hard to remember a time when we couldn’t understand our native language, or communicate our thoughts and needs
Everyone agrees that language is unlimited. But nobody agrees why. What do we mean when we say that language is unlimited? Basically, just that. There is no limit to the number of different things you…
In September 2019, I had the pleasure to spend a week at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian, Spain as a visiting researcher. It was a productive and an…
After finishing my PhD in the United States, I moved to Italy to do research studying infant language acquisition. This meant that I had to learn some Italian! One of the first things we learned in…