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Elissa L. Newport, the Glossary

Elissa Lee Newport is a professor of neurology and director of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery at Georgetown University.^[1]

44 relations: Adult, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, Association for Psychological Science, Barnard College, Child, Cognitive Science Society, Creole language, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Developmental linguistics, Doctor of Philosophy, Franklin Institute, Franklin Institute Awards, Georgetown University, Grant (money), Henry Gleitman, James S. McDonnell Foundation, Jenny Saffran, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Ladue, Missouri, Language acquisition, Language development, Learning, Lila R. Gleitman, Music, National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Neurology, Pattern, Primate, Professor, Richard N. Aslin, Second-language acquisition, Society of Experimental Psychologists, Statistical learning in language acquisition, Syntax, Ted Supalla, University of California, San Diego, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester, Wellesley College.
Ladue Horton Watkins High School alumni
The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates
Women cognitive scientists

Adult

An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an American international non-profit organization with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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Association for Psychological Science

The Association for Psychological Science (APS), previously the American Psychological Society, is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare.

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Barnard College

Barnard College, officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University, is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Child

A child is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty.

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Cognitive Science Society

The Cognitive Science Society is a professional society for the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science.

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Creole language

A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language that develops from the process of different languages simplifying and mixing into a new form (often a pidgin), and then that form expanding and elaborating into a full-fledged language with native speakers, all within a fairly brief period.

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David and Lucile Packard Foundation

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation is a private foundation that provides grants to not-for-profit organizations.

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Developmental linguistics

Developmental linguistics is the study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the acquisition of language in childhood.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Franklin Institute Awards

The Franklin Institute Awards (or Benjamin Franklin Medal) is an American science and engineering award presented by the Franklin Institute, a science museum in Philadelphia.

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Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.

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Grant (money)

A grant is a financial award given by a government entity, foundation, corporation, or other organization to an individual or organization for a specific purpose.

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Henry Gleitman

Henry Gleitman (January 4, 1925 – September 2, 2015) was a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Elissa L. Newport and Henry Gleitman are Fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists.

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James S. McDonnell Foundation

The James S. McDonnell Foundation was founded in 1950 by aerospace pioneer James S. McDonnell.

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Jenny Saffran

Jenny Saffran is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Elissa L. Newport and Jenny Saffran are American women psychologists, developmental psycholinguists and women cognitive scientists.

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Ladue Horton Watkins High School

Ladue Horton Watkins High School is a public high school in Ladue, Missouri, United States, that is administered by the Ladue School District.

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Ladue, Missouri

Ladue is an inner-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri.

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Language acquisition

Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language.

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Language development

Language development in humans is a process which starts early in life.

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Learning

Learning is the process of acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences.

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Lila R. Gleitman

Lila Ruth Gleitman (December 10, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was an American professor of psychology and linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Elissa L. Newport and Lila R. Gleitman are American women psychologists, developmental psycholinguists, Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society, Fellows of the Society of Experimental Psychologists, linguists from the United States, university of Pennsylvania alumni and women cognitive scientists.

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Music

Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health, commonly referred to as NIH, is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and public health research.

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National Science Foundation

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

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Neurology

Neurology (from νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.

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Pattern

A pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Richard N. Aslin

Richard N. Aslin (born August 9, 1949) is an American psychologist. Elissa L. Newport and Richard N. Aslin are developmental psycholinguists, Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society and university of Rochester faculty.

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Second-language acquisition

Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning—otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language.

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Society of Experimental Psychologists

The Society of Experimental Psychologists (SEP), originally called the Society of Experimentalists, is an academic society for experimental psychologists.

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Statistical learning in language acquisition

Statistical learning is the ability for humans and other animals to extract statistical regularities from the world around them to learn about the environment.

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Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences.

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Ted Supalla

Ted Supalla is a deaf linguist whose research centers on sign language in its developmental and global context, including studies of the grammatical structure and evolution of American Sign Language and other sign languages. Elissa L. Newport and Ted Supalla are Georgetown University faculty and university of Rochester faculty.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_L._Newport

Also known as Elissa Newport, Less is More Hypothesis.

Elissa L. Newport, the Glossary

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See also

Ladue Horton Watkins High School alumni

The Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science laureates

Women cognitive scientists

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