Language patterns are roller-coaster ride during childhood development

Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 15:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Why, and when, do we learn to speak the way that we do? Research from North Carolina State University on African-American children presents an unexpected finding: language use can go on a roller-coaster ride during childhood as kids adopt and abandon vernacular language patterns...

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