For decades, MIT has been widely held to have one of the best linguistics programs in the world. But what is linguistics and what does it teach us about human language? To learn more about the ways linguists help make a better ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2019
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In a paper published in Profession, the Modern Language Association's journal about modern languages and literatures, a Saint Louis University professor discusses how he uses video games to teach Italian, allowing his students ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2018
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In his new book, "The Comparative Method of Language Acquisition Research" (University of Chicago Press), Associate Professor of Linguistics Clifton Pye introduces a revolutionary method for crosslinguistic research.
Social Sciences
Dec 05, 2017
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Dr. Gita Martohardjono of Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY) will speak at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to take place in Boston ...
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2017
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Is language innate? How did we get language?
Social Sciences
Apr 05, 2016
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When the iPhone launched in 2007, few could have predicted the impact it would have on education. One of the most powerful developments in education has been the arrival of language learning apps.
Software
Apr 29, 2014
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A love of Japanese culture has inspired a University of Derby student to design a computer game which teaches the language to gamers as they play.
Software
Mar 25, 2014
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The ability to form a general concept that connects what we know about the members of a category allows humans to respond appropriately when they encounter a novel member of that category. At an early age, children form categories ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Research into robotics continues to grow in Europe. And the introduction of humanoid robots has compelled scientists to investigate the acquisition of language. A case in point is a team of researchers in the ...
Robotics
Aug 24, 2012
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A robot analogous to a child between 6 and 14 months old can develop rudimentary linguistic skills through interaction with a human participant, as reported June 13 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Robotics
Jun 13, 2012
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