Jean Berko Gleason
Jean Berko Gleason (born December 18, 1931) is an American researcher; she studies how children learn language.[1] She is considered the founder of "experimental developmental psycholinguistics," doing experiments to understand how children figure out how language works and how to use it.[2]
Early life change
Gleason was born on December 19, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] Her older brother had cerebral palsy.[1] Other people had trouble understanding him when he talked.[1] Her brother’s condition gave her an interest in language.[1]
Gleason started her career with studying many languages, but then gained an interest in psycholinguistics.[1] She went to college at Radcliffe.[2] She studied linguistics.[2] Gleason completed a linguistics Master's Degree, also at Radcliffe.[2] She has a ph.D in linguistics and social psychology at Harvard.[2]
Career change
Gleason studied how children learn language. She created the Wug Test in 1958.[3][4] The Wug helps understand how young children understand and learn languages.[4] She developed cards with pictures of imaginary objects and activities. For example, she shows a picture of one imaginary animal and says: "This is a wug." She then shows children a picture with two of the same imaginary animal and asks: "These are two....?" and listens to how children complete the sentence. Have they learned that we say: "one wug, two wugs"?[3][4]
Gleason was a professor at Boston University.[1]
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Jean Berko Gleason, Psycholinguist". PBS NewsHour. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Jean Berko Gleason | Biography, Linguistics, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wug test". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803125127433. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "All You Need Is Wug | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences". gsas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-09.