Researchers describe a parser that learns through observation to more closely mimic a child's language-acquisition process, which could greatly extend the parser's capabilities. Children learn ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

In December, The UC Davis MIND Institute hosted Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek for its ongoing Distinguished Lecturer Series. Dr. Hirsh-Pasek is the author of a dozen books on learning and language ...

It’s a fact that when learning a second language, the younger a person is, the quicker they will pick up a second language. Language acquisition happens in young children who are learning to speak ...

Sentences contain subtle hints in their grammar that tell young children about the meaning of new words, according to new research. As young children, how do we build our vocabulary? Even by age 1, ...

Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One explanation for this learning advantage comes not from differences between children and adults, but from the ...

Children are astonishing language learners. Long before they can read or write, they begin to pick up words, patterns, and rules from the world around them. What makes this achievement even more ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - Eastern Iowa students are being tested on their ability to recognize words, build vocabulary and develop crucial reading skills through a University of Iowa research project. While the ...

The study in which researchers of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have participated has been published in the PNAS journal We can assume that children learn to count starting with one and ...

In an attempt to decipher how children acquire language, the recently founded Brown Language and Thought Lab is exploring how people form thoughts and linguistic expression from infancy to adulthood. ...

Even the smartest machines can’t match young minds at language learning. Researchers share new findings on how children stay ahead of AI - and why it matters. If a human learned language at the same ...