Babies Babble with Acquired Accents
The science of baby babbling explores accents, influenced by caregivers' speech. Babbling aids language development, with talkative children learning words sooner. Interaction is vital for supporting language skills and comprehension-production balance.
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The article discusses the science behind baby babbling and how it can take on accents. It highlights a viral video of a 19-month-old baby from Liverpool babbling in a distinct Liverpool English accent. Baby babbling is crucial for language development as it helps children explore and practice the sounds of their language, eventually leading to real words. Research shows that babies' babbling is influenced by the speech patterns of their caregivers. Children typically understand more words than they can say during their early years, showing a comprehension-production asymmetry that diminishes as they grow. Babbling is seen as an early indicator of language learning skills, with talkative children often learning words earlier. The article emphasizes the importance of interacting and talking with children to support their language development. It also mentions individual differences in children's language learning speeds and the gradual process of transitioning from babbling to speaking real words.
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9 commentsHere was a comment on another one that I feels sums it up nicely:
> @braxy29: baby doesn’t have clear words yet, but he has body language and gesture, eye contact, prosody, shared attention, the give and take pacing of interaction. baby has picked up a good deal about how casual, comfortable conversation with the guys or a close family member works!
¥ She only learned to say "yes" towards the end of the trip, which made conversations possible; because it's quite hard to converse with someone who can only say "no".
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