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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200100007
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Funded Activity Summary
Origins of Phonology and Lexicon: Abstract representations before 6 months. Language is one of the most sophisticated human abilities, yet infants learn it easily. The current view is that the origins of language are abstract representations of consonants and vowels that start to form at 6-10 months. However, recent evidence shows that abstraction begins before 3 months, and that carer-infant conversations are vital to the process. This study involves tracking infants’ behavioural and brain development from 1 to 18 months and analysing carer-infant speech, to determine how early abstraction supports vocabulary growth, how carer speech assists this process, and what early conditions predict language development, thus benefiting earlier identification of language delay, and saving significantly on later remediation.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 05-2020
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $490,500.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Linguistics | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Learner Development | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture
