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Toddler tests speak for themselves
From the first smile to the first word, signs that a toddler is learning to communicate are a source of great joy for any new parent. But a child's inability to develop such skills at an early stage can be a source of angst. view more (2007-03-05)
Software advance helps computers act logically
Computers just respond to commands, never "thinking" about the consequences. A new software language, however, promises to enable computers to reason much more precisely and thus better reflect subtleties intended by commands of human operators. view more (2005-06-17)
Academics Seek Bilingual Volunteers For Language Study
Psychologists and linguists at the University of Edinburgh are recruiting Spanish; Japanese and native English-speaking adults for a research project, which will help understand how non-native languages, are learned and stored in the memory. The research aims to identify certain pitfalls in spelling, both in native and non-native speakers, and... view more... (2002-09-03)
Imaginary Friendships Could Boost Child Development
A post-graduate student from The University of Manchester's School of Psychological Sciences is investigating the theory that children with imaginary companions are quicker to develop language skills and retain knowledge. view more (2005-02-28)
European Latsis Prize 2002
The European Latsis Prize 2002 will be awarded to Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Head of the Neurocognitive Development Unit at the Institute of Child Health, University College London, for her outstanding contribution to the understanding of cognitive and language development in children with genetic disorders. The Prize ceremony will take... view more... (2002-11-21)
Do bilingual persons have distinct language areas in the brain?
A new study carried out at the University of Haifa sheds light on how first and second languages are represented in the brain of a bilingual person. view more (2009-07-08)
Study supports theory why brain-injured children often recover
The number of sites in children's brains involved in language recognition decreases as the children age, according to a University of Cincinnati (UC) study. view more (2006-04-06)
Turn off TV to teach toddlers new words
Toddlers learn their first words better from people than from Teletubbies, according to new research at Wake Forest University. view more (2007-06-28)
Bats add their voice to the FOXP2 story
When it comes to the FOXP2 gene, humans have had most to shout about. Discoveries that mutations in this gene lead to speech defects and that the gene underwent changes around the time language evolved both implicate FOXP2 in the evolution of human language. view more (2007-09-19)
Study supports theory that rise in autism is related to changes in diagnosis
Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the number of cases of autism may be related to changes in how it is diagnosed. view more (2008-04-09)
Audio-visual tools for Speech & Language Therapists
Latest developments from the Department of Electronics at the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) are proving to be invaluable audio-visual tools for Speech & Language Therapists around the world. Senior Lecturer Steve Kelly has been working on an already existing technology called SNORS+ and developed a system that combines time-coded... view more... (2002-04-25)
Music proves a hit for young learners
Exposing babies and young children to music has a positive impact on their learning, researchers from Northumbria University will tell a conference this week. view more (2004-09-08)
MSU study: Girls have harder time than boys adjusting in language-learning environment
Girls who don't share a common language may have more difficulty adjusting socially than boys, according to surprising new Michigan State University research looking at language acquisition among young children. view more (2008-10-07)
Meningitis in infancy linked to developmental problems
Children who get meningitis in their first year of life have a 10-fold increased risk of severe or moderate disability at 5 years of age compared with other children, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. These findings provide a complete picture of the range of problems experienced by children from England and Wales who have had meningitis in... view more... (2001-09-05)
Developmental language disorders at preschool age: no proof of benefit from screening
Language is a central element of social life. It is not only a prerequisite for personal relationships, but also for employment prospects. view more (2009-08-18)
On-line language resource will help preserve minority languages in Scotland.
An electronic archive is being compiled that will introduce new ways of studying languages using the internet. Information technologists and linguists have teamed up to build a comprehensive electronic record of written and spoken texts for the languages of Scotland. The project has two principal strands: To put written and spoken texts into an... view more... (2002-05-14)
More silent spring...?
The evocative sounds of some of the world's most remote places - rare birdsong and human languages - are both under threat. New research from the University of East Anglia compares these threats for the first time. view more (2003-05-14)
Losing your tongue
Elder Tommy George has not spoken his aboriginal language of Kuku Thaypan for three years, since his brother died. "It might die in the throat, but it stays alive in the heart," he said to the Queensland Courier-Mail in June, 2009. view more (2009-11-02)
Language impairment noticed later in bilingual children
Although more and more children in Sweden speak languages other than Swedish at home, there has never been any research into language impairment in bilingual children. Eva-Kristina Salameh's dissertation at Lund University is therefore a pioneering work. Among other things, she shows that language impairments in these children are noticed... view more... (2003-03-03)
Creating linguistic resources for automated translation
A major difficulty in developing automated language translation is that you need a system with a fairly extensive vocabulary from which it can learn, before any degree of reliability or accuracy is possible. The LC-STAR project developed just such a vocabulary. view more (2005-02-10)
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