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Jean Berko Gleason's Brief But Spectacular take on language

Jean Berko Gleason's Brief But Spectacular take on language

01/02/2020

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Jean Berko Gleason's Brief But Spectacular take on language

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Jean Berko Gleason's Brief But Spectacular take on language

Psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason is a professor emerita at Boston University and a pioneer in the field of children’s language. Even as a child, Berko Gleason loved and connected with language. It also made a big impression on her how much her older brother, who suffered from cerebral palsy, struggled to be understood. Berko Gleason shares her Brief But Spectacular take on language.

01/02/2020

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