We employ a range of different methods to explore children’s knowledge, all of which are designed to be as enjoyable and stress-free as possible. For some discussion of our work in the news here at UT Austin, please follow these links: http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2005/babble.html http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/10/05/learning_to_speak/ Some example recent papers are given below. For more detailed information on specific researchers or studies please follow the links on our “who are we?” page. Colin Bannard, Elena Lieven and Michael Tomasello (2009), Modeling Children's Early Grammatical Knowledge, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 106, 17284-17289. Colin Bannard and Danielle E. Matthews (2008). Stored Word Sequences in Language Learning: The Effect of Familiarity on Children's Repetition of Four-Word Combinations, Psychological Science, 19, 241-248. Davis, B.L. (2010). Speech Acquisition, In Hardcastle, W. & Laver, J. Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. Davis, B. L., MacNeilage P.F. & Matyear, C. (2002). Acquisition of serial complexity in speech production: A Comparison of Phonetic and Phonological Approaches to First Word Production. Phonetica, 59, 75-107. Meier, R.P., Mauk, C., Cheek, A. & Moreland, C.J. (2008). The form of children's early signs: Iconic or Motoric Determinants? Language Learning & Development, 4, 63-98. Meier, R.P., Quinto-Pozos, D. & Cormier, K. eds. (2002). Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Van der Feest, S.V.H. (2007). Building a Phonological Lexicon. The acquisition of the Dutch voicing contrast in perception and production. Ph.D. Dissertation, Radboud University Nijmegen. Utrecht: Prince Productions B.V.http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2005/babble.htmlhttp://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/10/05/learning_to_speak/shapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1