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language learning
the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate, this capacity involves the picking up of diverse capacities including syntax, phonetics, and an extensive vocabulary, the language might be vocal as with speech or manual as in sign.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about ten months ago.

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NPicchetti Initial definition retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition
about ten months ago
JDevlin What is the distinction between "language acquisition" and "language learning"? To my mind, these are synoynms.
about one year ago

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive, produce and use words to understand and communicate, this capacity involves the picking up of diverse capacities including syntax, phonetics, and an extensive vocabulary, the language might be vocal as with speech or manual as in sign. (from Wikipedia)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about two years ago:
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2011-04-19 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for language learning. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/language_learning]
2011-04-19 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
2010-11-08 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for language learning. [view the changes at http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/term/language_learning]
2010-05-09 JDevlin: Added new topic to discussion
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