Child language acquisition epitomises a uniquely rapid and sophisticated learning process underpinned by a complex interplay between innate cognitive mechanisms and environmental influences. Infants ...

House Bill 39, known as the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children’s Bill of Rights, by Rep. Jamie Allard, R-Eagle River, passed the House of Representatives in a 40-0 vote Tuesday. The legislation ...

As we have mentioned, language acquisition is an interesting topic; however, it is only recently that real linguistic research has been generated. Early studies were diaries of spontaneous speech ...

In a new study, young children and their adult caregivers uttered fewer vocalizations, used fewer words and engaged in fewer conversations when in the presence of audible television. In a new study, ...

Dr. Kate Harrigan and research assistants Becki Smyder, Caitlyn Whitesell, and Grace Marks have been working hard this summer in developing their own Child Language Lab and are excited to welcome its ...

The focus of this part of the project is on child language acquisition. We investigate how children deal with overabundance and defectiveness in their language input, which overabundant forms they ...