17.11.2026 Elena Lieven
Unpacking the roles of input and context in children’s language learning
Children learn from what they hear. But across cultures and communities, children may hear very different amounts and types of speech and they certainly face very different challenges arising from the structures of the different languages that they are learning. In this talk, I discuss the roles of frequency and surface form in the input before moving on to consider the crucial role played by the contexts in which language is learned.