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).
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