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87Reading Comprehension and the Hyperlexic Child
Some children start reading before they are able to hold a conversation. In a sense, they start to read before they can even talk. How is that possible? Reading can be broken down into two separate processes: (1) decoding the written symbols into...
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91Language is Learned
You may have heard it said that all babies have the same linguistic abilities at birth. This is true. They have no linguistic abilities at birth. No child is born knowing language, and early infancy and childhood are when language is acquired. What...
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71Project Bow's FAQ: Why is it called a lexigram when it looks like a word?
At this point in his development, Bow no longer needs lexigrams. He is literate and he spells out his own words. Bow developed literacy at the age of five and half years. But before that, we used lexigrams....
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71Bow's Development: Age Three Through Five
When Bow was three years old, he could use his lexigrams to ask for what he wanted;he could understand what we told him; and he could even show real concern about our feelings, giving someone who was sad a big...
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77Grammaticalization in Chinese: Gradual or Sudden?
In his article, "Grammaticalization in Chinese", Walter Bisang considers whether the change in usage of certain constructions from Late Archaic Chinese to Modern Mandarin could have taken place gradually or were these developments discrete and sudden.
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78What Constitutes Proof in Ape Language Studies?
What constitutes proof in ape language studies? How would you go about proving that an ape has acquired language? The truth is that nobody knows. Many people will tell you what doesn't constitute proof, but...
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70A Progress Report in Ape Language Studies: Of Touchscreens and Chopsticks
If you've been following my recent hubs, you might be wondering if I've forgotten I was supposed to be an ape language researcher. What, for instance, does a hub about making money on Hubpages have to do with...
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74Bow's Development
When my daughter Sword and I first met Bow, Sword was two and a half years old, and we had been told that a baby boy was available for us to adopt. At the time, I was thinking more in terms of adopting a...
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71The Link between the Study of Language and the Study of Literature
As someone who has taught both creative writing and linguistics, I've often been asked whether my linguistics training helps me to teach writing. The short answer is: no. The slightly longer answer is: not...
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61The Project Bow 2007 DVD
Every year for the past three years, we have put out a video on Bow's progress. The video was sent to well-wishers and supporters, and it was free of charge. In each video, we told about Bow's accomplishments...
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