User:Librarycasti5/Jean Berko Gleason
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Early life[change | change source]
Jean Berko Gleason is an American pioneer in the field of children’s language[1]. Gleason was born on December 19, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio[2]. Her brother had cerebral palsy[1]. Her brother’s condition gave her an interest in language[1].
Career[change | change source]
Gleason started her career with studying many languages, but then gained an interest in psycholinguistics[1]. She has a masters and bachelors degree in linguistics at Radcliffe[2]. She has a ph.D in linguistics and social psychology at Harvard[2]. Gleason created the Wug Test[3]. The Wug was created to help understand how young children understand and learn languages[3].
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Jean Berko Gleason, Psycholinguist". PBS NewsHour. 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Jean Berko Gleason | Biography, Linguistics, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 2023-12-15. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "All You Need Is Wug | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences". gsas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-09.