Cultures withmore advancedtechnologicaltend to havegrammaticallyricher languages.Formal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical ('I didn’tsee nobody')Increasing theamount of inputdata necessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto onelanguageEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; Modelssimply receivemore of itCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasSign languagesare visualrepresentations ofthe surroundingspoken languagesSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxAI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentationsCultures withmore advancedtechnologicaltend to havegrammaticallyricher languages.Formal, carefulspeech isgrammaticallymore sophisticatedthan casual,everyday speechLanguagesbecome lessgrammaticalas theychangeSomelanguages takelonger thanothers forchildren tolearnLinguisticabilities steadilyincrease as achild growsolderDoublenegatives areinherentlyillogical ('I didn’tsee nobody')Increasing theamount of inputdata necessarilymakes an AIsystem morehuman-likeSocietieswithout writingdo not possessfully developedlanguagesEach countrynaturallycorrespondsto onelanguageEveryexpression canbe translatedword-for-wordinto anotherlanguageChildren and AIlanguage modelsreceive the samekind of linguisticinput; Modelssimply receivemore of itCreoles aresimplified or“broken”versions ofotherlanguagesSomelanguagesare morelogical thanothersAI can correctlydefine and usewords, so itnecessarilyunderstandswords as humansdoA native speakerof a language isnaturally able toexplain the rulesof its ownlanguageSign languagescannot expressabstract orhighly technicalideasSign languagesare visualrepresentations ofthe surroundingspoken languagesSome of theworld’slanguages aregrammaticallymore complexthan othersTexting andsocial mediaaredestroyinggrammarParents andothercaregiversteach youngchildren theirlanguageChildren cannotproducesentences theyhave neverpreviouslyheardAdults’corrections arenecessary forchildren toacquiregrammarSomelanguages havenogrammar/syntaxAI produceshuman-likesentences, so itmust possesshuman-likegrammaticalrepresentations

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