[Linguistic Anthropology] Language Acquisition, Visual Clues

[Alexandre]

[http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/06-07/may26.html]
>From a Canadian science podcast:new work builds on [the innate basis
for language differentiation by infants], showing that small children
can tell apart different spoken languages just by looking at the
speaker's face (CBC Radio | Quirks & Quarks | May 26, 2007)As
phonological repertoires served as an inspiration for some early work
in cultural anthropology, we could reflect on repertoires of facial
expressions as part of enculturation.One interesting part of the study
is that infants from monolingual and bilingual settings differ in the
duration of the phase during which they can recognise facial cues for
language switches.Audio interview and relevant links on the Quirks and
Quarks website.

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Posted By Alexandre to Linguistic Anthropology at 5/28/2007 11:34:00 AM
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