LINGUIST List 20.1607: Uneducated families = Noncomplex language?

LINGUIST List 20.1607
Mon Apr 27 2009 Disc: Uneducated families = Noncomplex language? Editor for this issue: Catherine Adams <catherinlinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. David Johnson, Uneducated families = Noncomplex language? Message 1: Uneducated families = Noncomplex language?
Date: 24-Apr-2009 From: David Johnson <johnsondcwsu.edu> Subject: Uneducated families = Noncomplex language? E-mail this message to a friend I am curious to hear what other linguists think about the research to which this newspaper article refers. The researchers argue that less educated families do not deliver language as complex to their children as those who are educated. This lack of complex language leads to a lack of complex thoughts (and even dreams!). Doesn't this ignore decades of linguistic research? http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2008700779_brains03.html Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition Psycholinguistics Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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