Uh and Um May Help Children Learn Language

Wed Apr 20 15:41:20 UTC 2011

Discovery News

Uh and Um May Help Children Learn Language

The "uh" and "um" breaks in natural speech aren't as useless as you might think them to be -- at least for children learning the ins and outs of language.

A group of researchers found these breaks in speech, commonly called "disfluencies," may help youngsters pick up what's important in conversation. The team also discovered that the ability to pay attention to disfluencies develops at around 2 years of age.

Full story:

http://news.discovery.com/human/uh-and-um-may-help-language-development-in-children-110418.html

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