Anyone who has been following this thread might be interested in
various psycholinguistic studies on related topics. One good source
for such information (as well as info on many other branches of
science) is the web site http://www.sciencedaily.com (01)
Following are the URLs and opening lines of some related articles. (02)
John Sowa (03)
PS: For anybody interested in science, the ScienceDaily web site is
an excellent source of distractions from things you should be doing.
It's even more effective than ontolog forum.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/03/060322141610.htm (05)
Infants Begin Learning Language As Early As 10 Months Researchers Find (06)
Infants are listening and learning their first words as young as 10
months, but they are only learning the words for objects that are of
interest to them, not for objects of interest to the speaker. (07)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081030123947.htm (08)
Baby Talk: Roots Of Early Vocabulary In Infants' Learning From Speech (09)
Although babies typically start talking around 12 months of age, their
brains actually begin processing certain aspects of language much
earlier, so that by the time they start talking, babies actually already
know hundreds of words. While studying language acquisition in infants
can be a challenging endeavor, researchers have begun to make
significant progress that changes previous views of what infants learn. (010)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071001172817.htm (011)
Native Language Governs The Way Toddlers Interpret Speech Sounds (012)
Toddlers are learning language skills earlier than expected and by the
age of 18 months understand enough of the lexicon of their own language
to recognize how speakers use sounds to convey meaning. (013)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081219073053.htm (014)
Up To A Third Of Children Adopted To Norway From Abroad Are Having
Problems With Language Proficiency (015)
Adoption is a great change in the life of a child. Children adopted from
abroad to Norway are exposed to a language break in addition to other
major upheavals. This may influence the acquisition of the child's new
mother tongue. (016)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070524145058.htm (017)
Babies Able To Tell Through Visual Cues When Speakers Switch Languages (018)
At four months, babies can tell whether a speaker has switched to a
different language from visual cues alone, according to a University of
British Columbia study. (019)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080811200442.htm (020)
How Babies Understand The World Around Them And Their Place In It (021)
New research could provide an insight into the way that babies
understand the world around them and their place within it. A study led
by Goldsmiths, University of London, suggests that babies as young as
six or seven months are able to actively respond to stimuli and
understand them in relation to their own bodies. (022)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030214075453.htm (023)
Infants Learn To Fill In Perceptual Gaps By 4 Months (024)
Adults who amuse infants with slight-of-hand foolery -- a rolling ball
that disappears, then reappears, for example -- should enjoy a childhood
learning moment while it lasts. "Been there, seen that, won't be fooled
again," the fast-learning babies almost seem to be saying. (025)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080818185209.htm (026)
Aboriginal Kids Can Count Without Numbers (027)
Knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count,
according to a new study of aboriginal children by UCL (University
College London) and the University of Melbourne. The study of the
aboriginal children – from two communities which do not have words or
gestures for numbers – found that they were able to copy and perform
number-related tasks. (028)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080714111940.htm (029)
Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,'
Other Numbers (030)
An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the
concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study
from an MIT-led team. (031)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/05/020502072204.htm (032)
New Language Learning Linked To Early Language Experience (033)
The ability to learn a new language is determined by the onset of
language experience during early brain development – regardless of the
specific form of the language experience. This is the finding of a
Canadian study led by Rachel Mayberry of McGill University. Mayberry,
director of McGill’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders,
along with Elizabeth Lock of the University of Ottawa and Hena Kazmi of
the University of Western Ontario, studied groups of deaf and hearing
adults to see how the onset and type of initial language experience
affects the ability to learn a new language. (034)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070118094015.htm (035)
A New Language Barrier: Why Learning A New Language May Make You Forget
Your Old One (036)
Traveling abroad presents an ideal opportunity to master a foreign
language. While the immersion process facilitates communication in a
diverse world, people are often surprised to find they have difficulty
returning to their native language. This phenomenon is referred to as
first-language attrition and has University of Oregon psychologist
Benjamin Levy wondering how it is possible to forget, even momentarily,
words used fluently throughout one's life. (037)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081215111433.htm (038)
The Language Of Emotion: Ad Slogans In Native Tongues Connect To
Consumers' Emotions (039)
In our globalized world, consumers are exposed to marketing messages in
many languages. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says
messages expressed in people's native languages are most effective at
triggering emotional reactions. (040)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080625140632.htm (041)
Are You A Different Person When You Speak A Different Language? (042)
People who are bicultural and speak two languages may actually shift
their personalities when they switch from one language to another,
according to new research. (043)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/10/011015060024.htm (044)
Mental Math Dependant On Language, Researchers Find (045)
The language most bilingual people use to mentally solve math problems
isn't necessarily their native language or even the language that is
most prevalent in their environment. Psychological research shows it's
the language in which they were first taught math - a finding with
educational implications, especially for areas with high concentrations
of bilingual persons. (046)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141145.htm (047)
Toddlers' Gesturing Linked To Later Vocabulary And School Readiness (048)
Children who convey more meanings with gestures at age 14 months have
much larger vocabularies at 54 months than children who convey fewer
meanings and are accordingly better prepared for school. (049)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/09/040920071439.htm (050)
New Sign Language Suggests Children Create Language's Fundamentals
Through Learning (051)
At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new
language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable
similarities to the world's other languages. Researchers studying these
similarities suggest this week in Science that, in fact, children give
language its most fundamental, universal features just by the way they
learn it. (052)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151441.htm (053)
Deaf Children Use Hands To Invent Own Way Of Communicating (054)
Deaf children are able to develop a language-like gesture system by
making up hand signs and using homemade systems to increase their
communication as they grow, just as children with conventional spoken
language, research at the University of Chicago shows. (055)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/06/080630173943.htm (056)
When Using Gestures, Rules Of Grammar Remain The Same (057)
The mind apparently has a consistent way of ordering an event that
defies the order in which subjects, verbs, and objects typically appear
in languages, according to research at the University of Chicago. (058)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/05/050511105253.htm (059)
Hand Gestures Linked To Better Speaking (060)
Can't find the right word? You might want to start moving your hands.
New research at the University of Alberta suggests that gesturing while
you talk may improve your access to language. (061)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070725105957.htm (062)
Hand Gestures Dramatically Improve Learning (063)
Kids asked to physically gesture at math problems are nearly three times
more likely than non-gesturers to remember what they've learned. In the
journal Cognition, a University of Rochester scientist suggests it's
possible to help children learn difficult concepts by providing gestures
as an additional and potent avenue for taking in information. (064)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071104191551.htm (065)
Gesturing Helps Grade School Children Solve Math Problems (066)
Are math problems bugging your kids? Tell them to talk back -- using
their hands. Psychologists at the University of Chicago report that
gesturing can help kids add new and correct problem-solving strategies
to their mathematical repertoires. What's more, when given later
instruction, kids who are told to gesture are more likely to succeed on
math problems. (067)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090224133204.htm (068)
Gestures Lend A Hand In Learning Mathematics; Hand Movements Help Create
New Ideas (069)
Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics,
according to research at the University of Chicago. (070)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070430181209.htm (071)
Ape Gestures Offer Clues To The Evolution Of Human Communication (072)
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory
University, have found bonobos and chimpanzees use manual gestures of
their hands, feet and limbs more flexibly than they do facial
expressions and vocalizations, further supporting the evolution of human
language began with gestures as the gestural origin hypothesis of
language suggests. (073)
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