SSP Forum: Mike Frank on Language Learning

The
Symbolic Systems Forum
presents

Bigger Data About Smaller People: Investigating Children's Language Learning at Scale
Michael C. Frank
Psychology Department and Director of the Symbolic Systems Program

Monday, September 21, 2020
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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ABSTRACT:

Every typically developing child learns to talk, but children vary tremendously in how and when they do so. What predicts this variability? And which aspects of early language learning are consistent across the world’s languages and cultures? We use data from tens of thousands of children learning dozens of different languages to create a data-driven picture of universals and variation in early language learning.