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Language Videos

The Child Language Videos Archive is a collection of short movies intended to exemplify our research and provide visitors with illustrative pedagogic tools. All these videos are frequently used in the classrooms and in conferences, all around the world.

We have conducted experiments with two year-olds on two different areas: Syntax and Semantics. To watch the videos, you need to install QuickTime for win or for mac

 

Syntax

 

Semantics

Movie 1: WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT SHE SAID

 

 

  

Movie 6: WHAT YOUNG CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT 'OR'

Movie 2: WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT SHE SAID (longer version)

 

 

Movie 7: WHAT YOUNG CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT UNIVERSAL QUANTIFICATION

Movie 3: HOW CHILDREN ASK QUESTIONS

 

  
Movie 10: DISJUNCTION IN CHILD LANGUAGE

Movie 4: BUILDING THE MORPHOLOGICAL PUZZLE (Medial negation)

 

  
Movie 11: THE TWO ARGUMENTS OF THE UNIVERSAL QUANTIFIER

Movie 5: BERKO'S EXPERIMENT

 

  

 

Movie 8: SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

 

  

 

 

Movie 9: EMERGENCE OF VP ELLIPSIS

 

  

 

 

 
This material is based, in part, by work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant No. 9905199 to Dr. Rosalind Thornton.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
 

It is highly recommended a High speed connection (Broadband). It may take up to 10 minutes to download any of the files. If you see a big blue Q in your screen, the movie will start shortly. It is also recommended to set the speaker volume higher than usual and/or use headphones.

 

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