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Do kids in poor families really hear 30 million fewer words by age 4?
On the “word gap” and how much you should talk to your toddler
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Why your brain is faster at dismantling some words than others
Also this week: Mom defends decision to teach her kids French despite not being a native speaker + Why English isn’t actually decaying + Baby talk is good for your child, actually
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Baby, talk to me: How children get their accents
A sneak peek at Dr. Valerie Fridland’s new book, “Why we talk funny: The real story behind our accents”
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Baby talk in the languages of the world
How parents talk to their children around the globe
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Do all cultures use baby talk?
Or is baby talk just something that white middle class Americans do?
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Is baby talk good for your child?
Does using baby talk make language learning easier, or does it hinder your child’s language development?
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What’s the point of baby talk?
How caregivers instinctively simplify their speech for children—and how it helps
Current Linguistics
World’s oldest alphabet discovered
Also this week: Researchers determine that bees understand morse code + ⅓ of grammatical universals stand up to rigorous testing
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Why you should be talking to your infant
Early exposure to language is crucial for your child’s long-term linguistic development