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BABBLE STAGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symbolism and Psychology of Language
CONT

The Babble Stage. Babies must learn how to use more than 225 muscles in their mouths and throats in order to talk. Babies make random sounds apparently because they feel good. A baby will sometimes pick up a sound and will repeat it all day long. The baby accomplishes semi-conscious control of the sounds which are characteristic of his own language as well as hundreds of others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symbolique et psychologie du langage
DEF

Étape du développement langagier où le nourrisson émet des sons sans sens. Cette étape est la première du stade prélinguistique et se produit entre 4 et 12 mois. À cette étape, le nourrisson peut produire tous les sons langagiers du monde.

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