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The Psychology of Language, with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater

Intelligence Squared

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How Can We Help Children Develop Strong Language Skills?

Babies early on learn that language is all about checking terms. What children are learning to do in their learning languages, they're learning this charade like playing skill. That's the thing that really matters, is spending lots of time engaging with children and playing with them. The idea that language is in continual decay has been a very common one,. It's completely going back to the kind of school grammar perspective on language.

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