Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ477755
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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The "Visions of Hildegard" and the "Silent Period": A Case Study of Language Acquisition through Aural and Visual Memory.
Atherton, Mark
System, v21 n4 p503-08 Nov 1993
The medieval writer, the nun Hildegard von Bingen, learned Latin without any formal instruction in it. Her case is described as an example of language acquisition by hearing it read, sung, and expounded and by visualizing it as though it were written down in a kind of phonetic script. (21 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Latin, Learning Modalities, Learning Strategies, Medieval History, Memory, Nuns
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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