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    Language Acquisition in Children
    Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the difficulties with learning languages, a critical period for a new language acquisition, and the role of computational models in a linguistic research
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    Two Theories of Language Acquisition
    Psychologist Ben Ambridge on the Chomskyan concept of the universal grammar, the constructivist approach to language acquisition, and grammatical similarities across different languages
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    Plasticity in Speech Perception
    Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on how people speak the same language differently, adaptation to the new sounds, and the impact of social factors on sound processing
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    Eskimo-Aleut Languages
    Linguist Michael David Fortescue on the rare polysynthesis of the Eskimo languages, the role of affixes in them, and the prognosis for their survival
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    Brain Language Research
    Neuroscientist Friedemann Pulvermüller on brain-language relations, brain lesions, and simulation of cognitive processes
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    Dyslexia
    Developmental psychologist Uta Frith on the detection of dyslexia in children, difficulties with sound recognition, and the heritability of the disease
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    Hebrew
    Shlomo Izre'el on the myths about the Hebrew language, its relations with Yiddish, and how children teach their parents
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    Speech Processing
    Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on humans’ ability to distinguish sounds, bilingualism, and the Japanese language
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    Australian Languages
    Linguist Nicholas Evans on indigenous languages in Australia, their kinship systems and the problem of monolingualism
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    Nicaraguan Sign Language
    Psychologist Marie Coppola and linguist Diane Brentari on deaf education, linguistic models of signs and the difference between nicaraguan and other sign languages
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