41. Some children enter school with poor vocabularies because they come from homes where parents rarely read aloud and spoken language is less complex. 42. Spoken language was the key variable, Dr. Hart said. 43. Studies also point to the astonishing impact of spoken language on brain development. 44. Television, meanwhile, was changing, in a way that caused the spoken language to trump writing in another way. 45. That means understanding spoken human language, gestures and body language. 46. The bleeding in my brain placed pressure on certain nerve fibers, blocking my ability to speak or understand spoken language. 47. The brain evolved two separate systems that were eventually stitched together to facilitate spoken language, Levelt said. 48. The brain takes to spoken language naturally, he says, and adapts well enough without rules at every turn. 49. The comprehension of spoken language is a forgiving mental process that seldom takes things literally. 50. The formalist designs on these lavish robes are a collection of images that conveyed messages of their own, overlaying the spoken language of the actors. |