Project description
Putting language acquisition to the test
Children around the world acquire language and with it the human ability to communicate complex thoughts. Twelve targeted language acquisition studies will be conducted on a global scale in order to determine whether language radically compresses thought structures to sound or sign. While current theories assume a parallel between thought and language or meaning-preserving transformations, the EU-funded LeibnizDream project assumes that thought is mapped to language by only realising some pieces of conceptual representations. The project has recruited collaborators for more than 50 languages from 21 different language families, two sign languages and two creoles to carry out the studies.
Fields of science
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Funding Scheme
ERC-SyG - Synergy grantHost institution
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZENTREN BERLIN EV
Net EU contribution
€ 4 162 750,00
Address
Schutzenstrasse 18
10117 Berlin
Germany
10117 Berlin
Germany
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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
Beneficiaries (3)
GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZENTREN BERLIN EV
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 4 162 750,00
Address
Schutzenstrasse 18
10117 Berlin
10117 Berlin
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Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN
Germany
Net EU contribution
€ 2 938 750,00
Address
Unter Den Linden 6
10117 Berlin
10117 Berlin
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Region
Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Stuttgart, Stadtkreis
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA
Italy
Net EU contribution
€ 3 136 250,00
Address
Piazza Dell'ateneo Nuovo 1
20126 Milano
20126 Milano
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Region
Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Other funding
€ 0,00