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Marilyn Shatz

Marilyn Shatz is an American scholar known for her work in language development and discourse. She holds the title of Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics[1] at the University of Michigan, where she worked from 1977 until retiring[2] in 2009.[3]

Marilyn Shatz
OccupationAcademic
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan

Shatz investigated child development from a holistic perspective including cognition, social and linguistic influences.[3] She was a pioneer in the study of motherese,[4] which is a type of prosodic-adapted speech used by adults when speaking to an infant. In her work, she defended the interplay of nature and nurture in language development.[5]

Biography

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Marilyn Shatz completed her studies in the field of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania. She received a B. A in 1971, a M.A in 1973,[3] and a Ph.D. in 1975[6] under the supervision of Rochel Gelman.[7] Her Ph.D. dissertation was entitled "On Understanding Messages: A Study in the Comprehension of Indirect Directives by Young Children".[8] On October, 1st, 1976, Shatz participated of the First Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, where discussed the role of maternal gestures in first language acquisition.[9]

Shatz joined the Department of Psychology of the University of Michigan in 1977 as an assistant professor and she was continuously promoted to associate professor in 1979 and professor in 1984.[3] Shatz also directed the Program of Linguistics from 1995 until 2000 when this Program recovered its Department status. Shatz was then named the first chair of the Department of Linguistics.[10] During her career, she both published edited several articles and books.[5] After retiring in 2009, Shatz moved to North Carolina and took a position as adjunct professor in the University of North Carolina Wilmington,[5] where she collaborated with students in the field of language development.[11]

Research

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Shatz's research points to the interaction between nature and nurture in the process of language acquisition.[5] Her empirical studies employed experimental methodologies[12][13][14] and cross-linguistic[13] investigation to explore ideas such as the impact of social interaction on the development of children's communicative skills,[14] as well as the effect of language on the understanding of mind.[13] Her most cited publication discuss children's development in the use of verbs such as think and know to indicate mental states.[12]

Shatz's observations of her grandson Ricky between the ages of one and three years old led to the publication of her book A toddler's life: Becoming a person. In this book, Shatz reflected on the development of cognitive, linguistic, and social abilities during childhood and discussed how an individual's social environment can influence one's development.[15]

Shatz and her former doctoral advisee Erika Hoff[7] edited and published the Blackwell handbook of language development in 2007. In this work, Shatz and Hoff include a broad discussion of language development across time for both typical and atypical learners and considering monolingual and bilingual contexts.[16]

Language acquisition in the context of bilingual education is vastly discussed in Shatz's book The education of English language learners: Research to practice. In this volume, research-based evidence is presented to guide both educational practice and policy. The editors' organization of this volume implicitly argue for the richness and complexity of cognitive development in members of multilingual communities.[17]

Awards

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Selected publications

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Books

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  • Hoff, E. & Shatz, M. (Eds). (2007). Blackwell handbook of language development. Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Shatz, M. (1994). A toddler's life: Becoming a person. Oxford University Press.
  • Shatz, M., & Wilkinson, L. C. (Eds.). (2010). The education of English language learners: Research to practice. Guilford Press.
  • Shatz, M., & Wilkinson, L. C. (2013). Understanding language in diverse classrooms: A primer for all teachers. Routledge.

Articles

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  • Shatz, M. (1978). On the development of communicative understandings: An early strategy for interpreting and responding to messages. Cognitive Psychology, 10(3), 271–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(78)90001-4
  • Shatz, M., Diesendruck, G., Martinez-Beck, I., & Akar, D. (2003). The influence of language and socioeconomic status on children's understanding of false belief. Developmental Psychology, 39(4), 717–729. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.717
  • Shatz, M. & Gelman, R. (1973). The development of communication skills: Modifications in the speech of young children as a function of listener. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 38(5), 1–38. https://doi.org/10.2307/1165783
  • Shatz, M., Tare, M., Nguyen, S. P., & Young, T. (2010). Acquiring non-object terms: The case for time words. Journal of Cognition and Development, 11(1), 16–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15248370903453568
  • Shatz, M., Wellman, H. M., & Silber, S. (1983). The acquisition of mental verbs: A systematic investigation of the first reference to mental state. Cognition, 14(3), 301–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(83)90008-2

References

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  1. ^ "Marilyn Shatz | U-M LSA Linguistics". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  2. ^ "Schatz memoir.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "Marilyn Shatz | U-M LSA Department of Psychology". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. ^ Parlato-Oliveira, Erika; Saint-Georges, Catherine; Cohen, David; Pellerin, Hugues; Pereira, Isabella Marques; Fouillet, Catherine; Chetouani, Mohamed; Dommergues, Marc; Viaux-Savelon, Sylvie (2021-03-09). ""Motherese" Prosody in Fetal-Directed Speech: An Exploratory Study Using Automatic Social Signal Processing". Frontiers in Psychology. 12: 646170. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646170. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 8006442. PMID 33790843.
  5. ^ a b c d "Developmental Newsletter 2010" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Alphabetical list of Ph.D. recipients | Psychology". psychology.sas.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  7. ^ a b "Neurotree – Marilyn Shatz Family Tree". neurotree.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  8. ^ Shatz, Marilyn (1978). "Children's comprehension of their mothers' question-directives*". Journal of Child Language. 5 (1): 39–46. doi:10.1017/S0305000900001926. ISSN 1469-7602. S2CID 145446434.
  9. ^ "First Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development Program" (PDF).
  10. ^ "U-M Linguistics Timeline | U-M LSA Linguistics". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  11. ^ Shatz, Marilyn; Tare, Medha; Nguyen, Simone P.; Young, Tess (2010-01-29). "Acquiring Non-Object Terms: The Case for Time Words". Journal of Cognition and Development. 11 (1): 16–36. doi:10.1080/15248370903453568. ISSN 1524-8372. PMC 3258973. PMID 22259310.
  12. ^ a b Shatz, M., Wellman, H. M., & Silber, S. (1983). "The acquisition of mental verbs: A systematic investigation of the first reference to mental state". Cognition. 14 (3): 301–321. doi:10.1016/0010-0277(83)90008-2. hdl:2027.42/25073. PMID 6686103. S2CID 28002467.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ a b c Shatz, M., Diesendruck, G., Martinez-Beck, I., & Akar, D. (2003). "The influence of language and socioeconomic status on children's understanding of false belief". Developmental Psychology. 39 (4): 717–729. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.39.4.717. PMID 12859125.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ a b Shatz, Marilyn (1978). "On the development of communicative understandings: An early strategy for interpreting and responding to messages". Cognitive Psychology. 10 (3): 271–301. doi:10.1016/0010-0285(78)90001-4. hdl:2027.42/22580. S2CID 53417035.
  15. ^ Gullickson, Terri (October 1997). "Review of A Toddler's Life: Becoming a Person". Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews. 42 (10): 948–949.
  16. ^ Fujise, K. & Deacon, S. H. (2008). "Review of Blackwell Handbook of Language Development". Canadian Psychology. 49 (3): 265–266. doi:10.1037/a0012775.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Callis, Laura (2014). "Reviewed Work: The Education of English Language Learners: Research". The Journal of Education. 194 (2): 58–59. doi:10.1177/002205741419400208. JSTOR 43823496. S2CID 188307290.
  18. ^ "Marilyn Shatz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  19. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 8020335 – Doctoral Dissertation Research in Linguistics". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  20. ^ "Marilyn Shatz | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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