The secrets of children's chatter: research shows boys and girls learn language differently
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 13:31
in Psychology & Sociology
Experts believe language uses both a mental dictionary and a mental grammar. The mental ‘dictionary’ stores sounds, words and common phrases, while mental ‘grammar’ involves the real-time composition of longer words and sentences. For example, making a longer word ‘walked’ from a smaller one ‘walk’.