Jean Berko Gleason became interested in language partly through helping her older brother, Marty, who had cerebral palsy. Other people often struggled to understand his speech, but Gleason could understand him and communicate his words to others. She said this experience made her more sensitive to language. Later, while studying history and literature at Radcliffe College, she took a course called “The Psychology of Language,” which influenced her decision to attend graduate school for linguistics.
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