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Process of language acquisition
Language development in humans is a process which starts early in life. Infants start without knowing a language, yet by 10 months, babies can distinguish speech sounds and engage in babbling. Some research has shown that the earliest learning begins in utero when the fetus starts to recognize the sounds and speech patterns of its mother's voice and differentiate them from other sounds after birth. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Language developmentA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Book Language and Its Implications for Children’s Language, Literacy, and DevelopmentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Language InstinctThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Language Development SurveyCited 578 times
- Go sideways: Developmental linguisticsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Language acquisitionA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Language Development Survey
Individual differences in language development: Implications for development and language.
Genes, language development, and language disorders
Guiding Language Development
Incremental programming language development
Language development
African language development and language planning
Oral language development
🆕 Influential since 2022
Book Language and Its Implications for Children’s Language, Literacy, and Development
Demystifying large language models in second language development research
Using the Natural Language Acquisition Protocol to Support Gestalt Language Development
Active Learning in Language Development
The influence of classroom language contexts on dual language learners’ language development.
📚 Books worth reading
The Language InstinctSteven Pinker · 1994
Langage et la pensée chez l'enfantJean Piaget · 1926
Born to talkLloyd M. Hulit, Merle R. Howard · 1992
Professional JavaScript for Web developersNicholas C. Zakas · 2005
Beginning Web programming with HTML, XHTML, and CSSJon Duckett · 2004
JavaWalter J. Savitch, Walter Savitch · 1998
The biggest house in the worldLeo Lionni · 1968
Temperatures risingSandra Brown · 1989
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