Software Finds Learning Language Child's Play

A computer program that learns to decode language sounds in a similar way to a baby could shed new light on how humans acquire the ability to talk. It casts doubt on the idea that babies are born with an innate understanding of all possible language sounds.

The debate in language acquisition is around how much specific information about language is hard-wired into the brain of the infant, and how much is something that can be explained by relatively general purpose learning systems.
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