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Bilingual babies distinguish grammatical differences!

From the age of seven months can distinguish, bilingual children, grammatical differences between the two parent languages, according to Canadian research published in Nature.

Specifically, research shows that children who grow up in a bilingual environment use the tone and length of words to identify the differences between the two languages.

"From the age of seven months, infants are sensitive to the differences between the two languages ​​and use these differences as a point of reference to distinguish the languages," explains Dr. Janet Gouerker psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Previous research conducted by Dr. Gouerker in collaboration with linguist Zyntit Zerven had shown that infants and very young children use the repetition frequency of a word to determine if it is significant or not.

"In essence, children learn a language by measuring" he says the French linguist.

"But the children are bilingual need something more than that and use other strategies," adds Dr. Goueker.

"If you speak two languages ​​at home, do not worry, your child has the charisma to stand out and do it in a great way," states the Canadian researcher.

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