{"id":3619,"date":"2013-04-17T01:12:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T01:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/?p=3619"},"modified":"2015-02-11T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T00:21:46","slug":"your-toddler-already-knows-grammar-better-than-a-chimp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speechbuddy.com\/blog\/news\/your-toddler-already-knows-grammar-better-than-a-chimp\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Toddler Already Knows Grammar Better than a Chimp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A toddler has a lot of information to take in, making toddler language development complex. Information comes at them quickly and constantly like new vocabulary words, longer sentences and questions. Often times we think they are just imitating songs or phrases they\u2019ve heard but as it turns out, toddlers at the age of two are understanding basic grammar rules, which is more than famed Chimpanzee, Nim Chimpanszy could do. This is according to a new study from researchers out of the University of Pennsylvania<\/a> whose research continues to contribute to the field of language acquisition, ultimately helping to improve the evidence based practices and assessment of speech therapy clients.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Project Nim is one of the most famous animal language-acquisition studies using chimpanzees. Chimpanzees have long been used to study language<\/a> acquisition, perhaps due to their observed abilities to receive information and produce and apply consistent, grammatical modes of communication. During Project Nim, a chimp was taught over several years to use sign language to communicate.<\/a> He did not, however, ever learn to grasp the grammatical rules of the language.<\/p>\n

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