Language Acquisition

How humans acquire language

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    New language model for human conversation!

    ByJohn Ball

    The breathtaking view from Kobe University looking over Osaka Bay – home to the RRG 2025 bi-annual conference. Linguistic Conference: RRG 2025 The linguistic conference in Kobe, Japan, has just wrapped up. Expert linguists from around the world gave English presentations of progress over 2 days in a variety of languages including: Japanese, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Breton, Vietnamese, German, Mandarin, Mexican languages, Taiwan Sign language, and a range of African languages. They all use RRG as the model of communications. Primary developer, Robert D. Van Valin, Jr., has continued work on and growing the global community since the early 1980s. What makes Van Valin’s contributions so significant in the 20th and 21st century is its adoption of a model in which the words in a language…

  • Your Struggles Aren’t Your Fault – Rebooting the Brain’s Natural Language System

    ByChris Lonsdale

    For more than forty years I have asked myself a simple question: why do some people learn languages quickly and naturally, while others struggle despite years of study? This question has shaped almost every major decision of my life. It guided my studies in psychology and linguistics. It took me across Asia, where I witnessed firsthand how different cultures approached learning. It led me to develop Kungfu English, the first large-scale brain-based language learning system. And ultimately, it has guided the creation of Speech Genie, a new kind of learning experience powered by cognitive artificial intelligence. I have always believed that language is not something you learn; it is something you acquire. Every human brain is built for language. No one struggles to learn their…