Young children who spend more time on screen-based activities and less time talking with adults tend to have weaker language ...

Second language writing represents a critical domain where linguistic development and academic proficiency converge. Over recent decades researchers have deepened our understanding of how learners’ ...

Between the ages of three and four, children undergo a major leap in their ability to use grammar, and recent research ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

It has also been found that watching too much television between 15 and 48 months triples the likelihood of delayed language development. These findings are all consistent with the results of other ...

Parents and caregivers of school-aged children are all too familiar with the after-school conversation that sounds a little something like: When these conversations are purposeful and strategic, they ...

As meaning-makers, we use spoken or signed language to understand our experiences in the world around us. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT (using large language ...

Our M.A. is a flexible program of study that provides training in linguistics and/or cognitive science. Students may propose a customized program of advanced study that combines elements from either ...