Can you tell when one word ends and another begins?
Listen to each phrase below. How many words can you count in a language you know? Or in a language you don’t know?
English
Spanish
Mandarin
As we learn a language, clusters of neurons learn to track where words begin and end.
Mobile - Recognizing words in other languages
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Can you tell when one word ends and another begins?
Listen to each phrase below. How many words can you count in a language you know? Or in a language you don’t know?
English
Spanish
Mandarin
As we learn a language, clusters of neurons learn to track where words begin and end.