Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1973 - 5/31/1974

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


Neurophysiology and Language Acquisition

FAIN: FB-11884-73

Charles D. Laughlin
Carleton University (Ottawa K1S 5B6 Canada)

To study the universals underlying apparent diversity of language of theoretical linguistics. These universal structures are seen as conditioning the rate and process of language acquisition in children. Also, to study the neurophysiology of language acquisition, in which specialists are looking for the brain functions which correlate with linguistic universals.