Words. We take them for granted as adults. But is it just me, or do you just flip out when your kid says a new word, or better yet a phrase? Sometimes I don’t share my amazement, but It turns
Words. We take them for granted as adults. But is it just me, or do you just flip out when your kid says a new word, or better yet a phrase? Sometimes I don’t share my amazement, but It turns out that the excitement we feel is rightfully so.
I recently read a LiveScience article (referenced below) and it reminded me of a Ted Talk I saw a few years ago.
The Ted talk was by Deb Roy, and is titled, “The Birth of a Word”. In short it is a video diary done by a scientist that recorded every audio/video second of his child’s life at home, room by room, from the first day she was brought home. They then honed in on one word, and reverse engineered how that word was learned by their child.
It is an amazing video, the link is at the bottom of this post. I don’t want to give too much away, 