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Babies pick up complex grammar rules at 4 months, study shows

Source : CORDIS, 25.03.11

Babies as young as 4 months are able to identify grammar rules in an unfamiliar language, new EU-funded research reveals. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, significantly adds to our understanding of how babies learn languages.

The study was funded by the EU through the CALACEI ('Universal and specific properties of a uniquely human competence. Tools to study language acquisition in early infancy: Brain and behavioural studies') project, which received EUR 15 million under the 'New and emerging science and technologies' (NEST) budget line of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Read more...