The social and cognitive foundations of language acquisition

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Abstract

In this talk I will discuss my experimental, corpus and modelling work exploring the social and cognitive foundations of language acquisition. In an approach that can be described as developmental cognitive linguistics I aim to show (a) how cognitive bottlenecks can place adaptive constraints on learning and (b) the value-added of integrating social and cognitive development into our models of language development. Examples are drawn from such non-linguistic domains as inhibition, memory, attention, and categorisation to illustrative how their development can shape the course of language acquisition.

Event Details

Tuesday 22 February 2022
17:00 - 18:15
Zoom
Public
Child Development and Learning
Department of Education

Event Speakers

Dr Paul Ibbotson