Hearing a baby’s first words is a joyful moment for many parents. But another crucial language milestone is harder to pinpoint for both parents and scholars of human development. When does a child ...

For Deaf and Hoh students with language goals, collecting language samples gleans insight on errors in language use (grammar, syntax, semantics, morphology, nonliteral language, etc) that may apply to ...

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A pervasive idea assumes that young children can absorb new languages with minimal effort, but it turns out that the science is more complicated. By Lindsay Patterson This story was originally ...