Chapter 5 Web Links

Providence talks

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4514

The city of Providence in Rhode Island has launched a large-scale initiative to increase the amount of language input that is heard by children from low-income families. This link provides coverage and interesting discussion.

The birth of a word

http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word#t-18185

Researcher Deb Roy recorded 90,000 hours of video to document the interactions and linguistic input that led to and accompanied his baby’s first words. In this TED Talk, he describes the results of this project.

Lego nomenclature

http://www.themorningnews.org/article/a-common-nomenclature-for-lego-families

Some activities call for specialized vocabulary. In this delightful article, a father discusses how a group of boys have converged upon a lexicon for a popular toy.