Ceremonial act
Prof. Dr. Caroline Rowland: From Babble to Beethoven
Novartis Pavillon
St. Johanns-Hafen-Weg 5, 4056 Basel
Caroline Rowland provides insight into research on children's language acquisition—from the first sounds, rhythms, and gestures to the development of language and communication.
To kick off the concert *Aus dem Nichts* by Fritz Hauser at the Voltahalle, a lecture will be given at the Novartis Pavilion by Prof. Dr. Caroline Rowland, director of the Department of Language Acquisition at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. The renowned researcher will provide insight into the current state of research on child language acquisition and explore how language develops from early forms of perception and interaction.
Even before children begin to speak themselves, they encounter sounds, rhythms, repetitions, gestures, and reactions from those around them. Language gradually develops from these elementary forms of communication. This establishes a connection to Fritz Hauser’s *Aus dem Nichts*: Musically, too, the focus is on the emergence of structures from initially simple tonal and rhythmic impulses—and thus on the question of how coherence and communication can gradually arise from elementary signs.
Free admission; registration via [email protected].
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Language: English
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
Even before children begin to speak themselves, they encounter sounds, rhythms, repetitions, gestures, and reactions from those around them. Language gradually develops from these elementary forms of communication. This establishes a connection to Fritz Hauser’s *Aus dem Nichts*: Musically, too, the focus is on the emergence of structures from initially simple tonal and rhythmic impulses—and thus on the question of how coherence and communication can gradually arise from elementary signs.
Free admission; registration via [email protected].
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Language: English
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.