APS
APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020
Pirahã Infants Acquire Language without Direct Input
- Peter Gordon
Columbia University - Zhongyu Li
Columbia University - Jean Ee Tang
Columbia University - Nick Bisbee
- Erin Kirby
Teachers College, Columbia University - Zeyu Feng
Columbia University - Stasha Medeiros
Columbia University - Huijing Yi
Columbia University - Yuefu Xiao
Columbia University - Ranchal Sabharwal
Columbia University - Samuel Elliot
Columbia University - Rebecca Martinez
Columbia University - Benjamin Bravo
Columbia University - Zhamilya Gazman
Columbia University - Daniel Everett
Bentley University
Abstract
Recordings of naturalistic interactions in 3 Pirahã villages were analyzed for direct and indirect speech to infants and pre-teens. Direct speech to infants was non-existent, and to children was rare. Children did talk to each other, but the majority of speech encountered by infants was from overheard conversations.
Language/Speech
