Linguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto a singlelanguageA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarIncreasing theamount of datanecessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoAI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical (I didn’tsee nobody)Societieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesSign languagesare visualrepresentationsof thesurroundingspoken languageSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnCultures withgreatertechnologicalsophistication tendto havegrammaticallyricher languages.Children and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; modelssimply receivemore of itLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto a singlelanguageA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarIncreasing theamount of datanecessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoAI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeFormal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical (I didn’tsee nobody)Societieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesSign languagesare visualrepresentationsof thesurroundingspoken languageSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnCultures withgreatertechnologicalsophistication tendto havegrammaticallyricher languages.Children and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; modelssimply receivemore of it

Language Myths: Heard in the Wild Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Linguistic abilities steadily increase as a child grows older
  2. Every expression can be translated word-for-word into another language
  3. Each country naturally corresponds to a single language
  4. A native speaker of a language is naturally able to explain the rules of its own language
  5. Adults’ corrections are necessary for children to acquire grammar
  6. Increasing the amount of data necessarily makes an AI system more human-like
  7. Children cannot produce sentences they have never previously heard
  8. Some languages are more logical than others
  9. Sign languages cannot express abstract or highly technical ideas
  10. AI can correctly define and use words, so it necessarily understands words as humans do
  11. AI produces human-like sentences, so it must possess human-like grammatical representations
  12. Some of the world’s languages are grammatically more complex than others
  13. Languages become less grammatical as they change
  14. Formal, careful speech is grammatically more sophisticated than casual, everyday speech
  15. Texting and social media are destroying grammar
  16. Some languages have no grammar/syntax
  17. Double negatives are inherently illogical (I didn’t see nobody)
  18. Societies without writing do not possess fully developed languages
  19. Parents and other caregivers teach young children their language
  20. Creoles are simplified or “broken” versions of other languages
  21. Sign languages are visual representations of the surrounding spoken language
  22. Some languages take longer than others for children to learn
  23. Cultures with greater technological sophistication tend to have grammatically richer languages.
  24. Children and AI language models receive the same kind of linguistic input; models simply receive more of it