@article{ef9d8ee714974dc698c7b38d08853ba0,
title = "語言和生命時程",
author = "Wang, \{William Shi Yuan\}",
note = "Compared with other primates, humans have an extended lifespan and are blessed with the additional stage of “childhood” for learning, both of which are products of cultural evolution. Our brains grow at an explosive rate during our first two years, tripling its weight at birth, soaking up an astonishing amount of information about the physical world as well as the culture into which we are born. Language is a complex set of independent but interrelated skills, acquired at different timelines to different degrees of proficiency, with a great deal of variation across individuals. Speaking any language well requires the acquisition of a full set of perceptual sensitivities to the phonetic distinctions significant for that language. It also requires the coordination and fine control of several hundred muscles for respiration, phonation, and articulation. Although the motor skills for speaking a new language come much more easily to the …",
year = "2018",
language = "Chinese (Traditional)",
volume = "30",
pages = "5--36",
journal = "政大中文學報",
publisher = "政治大學中國文學系",
}