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Crash Course Linguistics

Language Acquisition

Season 1 Episode 12

Exposure to language as infants doesn’t just help us say those first words but gives us the tools we need to acquire advanced language skills and learn more languages later on in life. We learn about language acquisition and how the process differs for babies and adults.