Child-directed speech is optimized for syntax-free semantic inference

Abstract The way infants learn language is a highly complex adaptive behavior. This behavior chiefly relies on the ability to extract information from the speech they hear and combine it with information from the external environment. Most theories assume that this ability critically hinges on the r...

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Main Authors: Guanghao You, Balthasar Bickel, Moritz M. Daum, Sabine Stoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95392-x