News tagged with native language
6- to 9-month-olds understand the meaning of many spoken words: research
At an age when "ba-ba" and "da-da" may be their only utterances, infants nevertheless comprehend words for many common objects, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Toddlers don't listen to their own voice like adults do
When grown-ups and kids speak, they listen to the sound of their voice and make corrections based on that auditory feedback. But new evidence shows that toddlers don't respond to their own voice in quite the same way, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Language learning through hip-hop music
Listeners can learn new vocabulary through hip-hop music, even though the lyrics may be difficult to understand, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Language may be dominant social marker for young children
Children's reasoning about language and race can take unexpected turns, according to University of Chicago researchers, who found that for younger white children in particular, language can loom larger than ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2011 |
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New home movies resurrect endangered American Indian language
University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2011 |
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'Queen's English' not the best
Native English speakers should give up their claim to be the guardians of the purest form of the language and accept that the ways it is used and changed by millions around the world are equally valid.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Allowing native language in school benefits Mexican-American students, researcher finds
A new University of Missouri study shows that Mexican-American students who identify and practice speaking their native language have higher grades than those who are put in English-only environments in their schools.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Language speed versus efficiency: Is faster better?
A recent study of the speech information rate of seven languages concludes that there is considerable variation in the speed at which languages are spoken, but much less variation in how efficiently languages communicate ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Chinese-English bilinguals are 'automatic' translators
New research into how the bilingual brain processes two very different languages has revealed that bilinguals' native language directly influences their comprehension of their second language.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Linking reading to voice recognition
When people recognize voices, part of what helps make voice recognition accurate is noticing how people pronounce words differently. But individuals with dyslexia don't experience this familiar language advantage, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 29, 2011 |
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Infants raised in bilingual environments can distinguish unfamiliar languages: research
Infants raised in households where Spanish and Catalan are spoken can discriminate between English and French just by watching people speak, even though they have never been exposed to these new languages before, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 18, 2011 |
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A virtual Babylonian comeback 2,000 years after disappearence of natives
Almost 2,000 years after its last native speakers disappeared, the sound of Ancient Babylonian is being lined up for an unlikely comeback, in an online audio archive.
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Second language learners recall native language when reading
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adults fluent in English whose first language is Chinese retrieve their native language when reading in English, according to new research in the June 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. This study sugges ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 01, 2010 |
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The sound of silence: an end to noisy communications
It has happened to almost everyone. You are sitting on a train or a bus and someone right next to you is annoyingly shouting into his or her mobile phone.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Microsoft helps languages talk tech
Microsoft on Monday took steps to help local languages avoid being lost on the ever-changing computer technology landscape.
Feb 22, 2010 |
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