PLEASE NOTE: Our seminar room has a limited capacity. Please arrive early to ensure you get a seat. The talk will begin promptly at 5.

The next talk in the CDC Seminar series will be given by:

Eve V. Clark (Department of Linguistics, Stanford University & MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen)

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 5 PM
Location: Cognitive Development Center, Hattyś u. 14, 3rd floor

Title: Children Learn Language in Interaction

Abstract: I argue that interaction is essential to children both for learning a first language and for learning how to use it.  Interaction allows children to discover the forms to use,  and gives them  feedback on those forms for conveying particular meanings,  without disrupting the ongoing exchange.  I will give evidence for the role of interaction in the process of acquisition from (a) parental reformulations, (b) offers of new words, and (c) offers of information about new word meanings .

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