Entries from Group 4 Language Blog tagged with 'From the field'
Arbitrariness vs iconicity in ASL
This article talks about how American Sign Language has shifted from being more iconic to consisting of more arbitrary gestures. It disproves many myths about ASL, for example that it is universal. But if this were the case, than the...
Superior Language Capabilities in Humans
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have identified a feature in the brain that is unique to human language. I found this article interesting because we all know that language is exclusive to humans, and we...
Interactions Between Words and Images
I found another article that deals with words and images in modern art. I found this article interesting because it discusses a few of the aspects of language that we have been talking about in the classroom. It also discusses...
The Bilingual Brain
I came across an interesting review article titled Dissociating Language and Word Meaning in the Bilingual Brain by Michael W.L. Chee. The study was conducted by Crinion and colleagues, and gives a neuroscience perspective of dissociating brain regions sensitive only...
Words and Images
With my second major being studio art, I have an interest in images. I stumbled upon this article and found it interesting. Overall, this article discusses how artists use words in their pieces of artwork. In the past few decades,...
Gender Differences in Language?
A recent and interesting article that I came across in Science Daily titled: Boysâ?? and Girlsâ?? Brains are Different: Gender Differences in Language Appear Biological provided evidence for biological differences in language abilities between boysâ?? and girlsâ??. Researchers from Northwestern...
Teachers Perceptions of Students With Speech Sound Disorders
This article came from a language journal, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. This article caught my eye because as a student teacher, I am interested in helping educate children the best way possible. This study examined 2nd grade...
Critical Period for Language Acquisition
In a study done by Catherine E. Snow and Marian Hoefnagel-Hohle, the critical period for language acquisition was studied by looking at second language acquistion. The researchers expected that second language acquisition would be relatively fast, successful, and similar to...
Sign language and language development
This article starts off by comparing the acquisition of sign language to the acquisition of spoken language. Both, even though most would think differently, sign language and spoken language have similar structures and acquisitions. Both types of language even have...
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