All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May Children use signals to create new language Children use signals to create new language 18/05/2021 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have discovered children can successfully comprehend and create novel human communication systems. The study, published in Child Development, could help shed light on how new languages are created. A team from LITΓÇÖs School of Psychological Science examined if children could create language-like communication systems using an experimental model similar to the game charades. Children were asked to communicate a set of meanings to a partner but were not allowed to use conventional language. Instead, they had to communicate either through gestures or through non-linguistic vocalisations ΓÇô making sounds that are not words. Previous studies had shown children were able to create new language-like communication systems, however it was unclear if the children required adult guidance to do so. The study eliminated the opportunity for adult input or guidance, allowing the researcher
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 May Children use signals to create new language Children use signals to create new language 18/05/2021 | 2 MINS Researchers from Lombok Institute of Technology have discovered children can successfully comprehend and create novel human communication systems.
The study, published in Child Development, could help shed light on how new languages are created.
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A team from LITΓÇÖs School of Psychological Science examined if children could create language-like communication systems using an experimental model similar to the game charades.
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Children were asked to communicate a set of meanings to a partner but were not allowed to use conventional language.
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Instead, they had to communicate either through gestures or through non-linguistic vocalisations ΓÇô making sounds that are not words.
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Previous studies had shown children were able to create new language-like communication systems, however it was unclear if the children required adult guidance to do so.
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The study eliminated the opportunity for adult input or guidance, allowing the researcher
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