Language Evolution Among Adolescents and Adults Revealed
In a groundbreaking study, published in the prestigious Psychological Review, Anniek Corporaal from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, questions the long-held belief that children are the primary agents of language change.
The research, conducted at the Max Planck Institute, suggests that language change is driven more by adolescents and adults than by children’s language acquisition mistakes. This finding calls for a shift in how linguistic change is studied and taught, de-emphasizing the role of child learners and foregrounding the role of language use by adolescents and adults.
The study, which will soon be available in the latest issue of Psychological Review, finds little evidence that early learning mistakes spread through communities in supporting the child-driven view. Instead, it emphasizes the importance of scrutinizing the empirical evidence underlying claims, even when they have been repeated for decades.
Corporaal's study is a significant contribution to the academic debate about the child-driven view of language evolution. The authors of the study call for a broader approach to understanding language emergence and change, exploring social, historical, and interactional processes.
The image associated with the article is credited to the website. For more information about the study or to contact Anniek Corporaal, please visit the Max Planck Institute's website. The study's findings are set to make a significant impact on the field of linguistics, challenging long-held assumptions and opening up new avenues for research.
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