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Developmental linguistics is the study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood. It involves research into the different stages in language acquisition, language retention, and language loss in both first and second languages, in addition to the area of bilingualism .
Michael Tomasello (born January 18, 1950) is an American developmental and comparative psychologist, as well as a linguist. He is professor of psychology at Duke University. Earning many prizes and awards from the end of the 1990s onward, he is considered one of today's most authoritative developmental and comparative psychologists.
Susan E. Carey (born 1942 [1]) is an American psychologist who is a professor of psychology at Harvard University.She studies language acquisition, children's development of concepts, conceptual changes over time, and the importance of executive functions. [2]
Developmental psychology is concerned not only with describing the characteristics of psychological change over time but also seeks to explain the principles and internal workings underlying these changes. Psychologists have attempted to better understand these factors by using models. A model must simply account for the means by which a ...
Shatz's research points to the interaction between nature and nurture in the process of language acquisition. [5] Her empirical studies employed experimental methodologies [12] [13] [14] and cross-linguistic [13] investigation to explore ideas such as the impact of social interaction on the development of children's communicative skills, [14] as well as the effect of language on the ...
Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the interrelation between linguistic factors and psychological aspects. [1] The discipline is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain; that is, the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, use, comprehend, and produce language.
2019 Steve Reznick Early Career Award from the Cognitive Development Society [6] 2019 Developmental Science Early Research Career Prize for Best Article [7] for the paper "Day by day, hour by hour: Naturalistic language input to infants" [8] 2021 American Psychological Federation 2021 Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists [9]
The Transition From Infancy to Language: Acquiring the Power of Expression [6] was the inaugural winner of the Eleanor E. Maccoby Book Award from the American Psychological Association, [7] Division 7, which recognizes the author of influential books in the field of developmental psychology.