Departmental Colloquium: Daniel Swingley, University of Pennsylvania

Type: 
Lecture
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Oktober 6 u. 7
Room: 
101
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 5:00pm
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Date: 
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Title: Babies learning which words?

How do babies learn words? We usually study this by surveying vocabulary knowledge and then doing laboratory experiments to test hypotheses about why the surveys show what they do. I will give examples of this path to discovery and will argue that it’s not enough, and I will try to make the case that measuring children’s environments better is a part of the solution.Babies learning which words?