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Do children adjust their speech to the informational needs of others?

This is part of the HUC Young Scholars Spotlight Series. It occurred on Zoom, and you can find the recording here: https://www.hucphiladelphia.org/event-recordings

Myrto Grigoroglou is Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistics and the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Toronto. She obtained her PhD in Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at the University of Toronto. Myrto did undergraduate studies in Communication and Linguistics at the University of Athens and postgraduate studies in Communication in Université Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her research focuses on how children acquire the meaning of words and grammatical constructions in their native language, and how children and adults use language in communication.