{"id":3504,"date":"2013-04-04T03:46:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T03:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2015-02-11T16:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T00:31:40","slug":"new-questions-about-learning-language-nouns-vs-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/language-development\/new-questions-about-learning-language-nouns-vs-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Questions About Learning Language: Nouns vs Verbs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"parts_of_speech\"<\/a>

Source: erinandadrianne.blogspot.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Not all words are created equal, especially when learning language. This is why baby\u2019s first word probably isn\u2019t \u201cclap\u201d or \u201cjump.\u201d Not because they\u2019re hard to say exactly, but because they are verbs and according to a new study<\/a> from researchers at Northwestern University, the acquisition of different parts of speech (nouns or verbs) might be shaped by the language a child is acquiring.\u00a0 Some suggest that infants learn nouns and verbs similarly and their acquisition is universal. Others, however, argue that learning nouns first is a consequence of the specific language a child is learning. Is speech and language development universal? And how does this impact speech therapy<\/a> across cultures and among bilingual clients<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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A noun is a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things. While a verb is describes an action<\/a>, state, or occurrence. A noun can easily depicted by pointing to something, touching it, feeling it, etc. The item never changes. While a verb changes and occurs in a much more fleeting state- making it harder to learn.<\/p>\n

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\"what<\/a>

Source: vimeo.com<\/p><\/div>\n

What do all children have in common? <\/strong><\/p>\n

According to lead researcher Sandra Waxman, we know that children across all languages have a robust ability to map nouns to objects and that learning verbs, however, is quite different. Waxman says that when infants must map verbs onto events, their performance is less robust and more variable. Previous research<\/a> has highlighted the neurological difference in processing these words by showing that how the brain that activates when a person learns a new noun is different from the part used when a verb is learned.<\/p>\n

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\"baby<\/a>

Source: stuff.co.nz<\/p><\/div>\n

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What\u2019s the difference between children acquiring different languages? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Interestingly, according to the research, infants\u2019 ability to learn new verbs varied not only as a function of the native language being acquired, but also with the particular linguistic context in which the verb was presented.<\/p>\n

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Future Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waxman says that new research into the development of language should shift their agendas towards examining the impact of different languages on the complexities of language acquisition and cognitive development. What are currently categorized as \u201cnoun friendly\u201d or \u201cverb friendly\u201d languages should be reconsidered, Waxman says, according to the finer details of the language including grammar, syntax and morphology. Further, new studies should focus on children under 24 months who are acquiring distinctly different languages<\/a> because by this age, they can already map novel nouns to objects and novel verbs to event categories.<\/p>\n

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For Parents<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parents of all children should expect noun language to appear first. These include \u201cmommy\u201d \u201cmilk\u201d \u201cball\u201d and \u201cdaddy\u201d so do not panic if verbs like \u201ceat\u201d or \u201cplay\u201d do not immediately appear, this is normal. In order to better understand the implications of a child\u2019s native languages on the types of first words they develop, more research is needed. Parents should consider involving their children in research<\/a>, even if they are not learning two languages so that developmental scientists can continue to study the acquisition of language and cognitive growth over time.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \"Parents'<\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n \n

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