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  • 35 - Rhythm and Language Acquisition: A Temporal Sampling Perspective

  • from Section 6 - Rhythm in Language Acquisition
  • Edited by Lars Meyer, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Antje Strauss, University of Konstanz
  • Book:
    Rhythms of Speech and Language
    Published online:
    23 April 2026
    Print publication:
    07 May 2026, pp 629-644
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  • Summary

    Data from auditory neuroscience provide a novel "oscillatory hierarchy" perspective on how the brain encodes speech. Temporal sampling theory, originally proposed to provide a conceptual framework to explain why acoustic rhythmic impairments in children with developmental dyslexia and developmental language disorder lead to phonological and syntactic impairments, can also explain why sensitivity to linguistic rhythm is a key factor in language acquisition. An overview of the theory is provided, and then data from two longitudinal infant projects applying temporal sampling theory to language acquisition are discussed. One project followed infants at family risk (or not at risk) for developmental dyslexia from age five months, and one followed typically developing infants from age two months. The infant data suggest that neural oscillatory mechanisms, along with acoustic rhythm sensitivity, play key roles in early language acquisition.