SSP Forum: Meg Cychosz on child speech development

The
Symbolic Systems Forum
(community sessions of SYMSYS 280 - Symbolic Systems Research Seminar)
presents

What do children need to develop speech?

Meg Cychosz
Linguistics Department

Monday, October 6, 2025
12;30-1:20 pm PT
Computing and Data Science Building, Room E145
In-person event, not recorded

Note: Lunch is provided, if pre-ordered, only for members of SYMSYS 280, but others are welcome to bring a lunch and eat during the presentation.

Abstract:

Children around the world grow up in radically different language-learning environments, and yet most acquire speech and language successfully. This talk uses real-world data to examine how children adapt to diverse linguistic conditions and what this reveals about the speech development process.