Phonetic analysis of late babbling

A case study of a French child

Bibliographic Data

ID20368142
AuthorsBénédicte De Boysson-Bardies (Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire), Laurent Sagart (Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire), Nicole Bacri (Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire)
Year1981
Volume8
Issue3
Pages511-524
Publication date1981-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Child Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0305000900003408
PMID7309814
OpenAlexW2132822432
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited13

The late babbling productions of a French child are analysed and compared with a similar study of English-speaking children. English-speaking and French children are shown to share such universal phonetic preferences as cluster reduction, final devoicing, etc. However, there are also noticeable differences which may be ascribed to corresponding differences in the target language. Thus a selective, language-specific, phonetic acquisition has been taking place during the babbling stage. A comparison of the phonetic repertoires of French, English, Thai and the late babbling corpus confirmed the close similarity between the latter and French. This study reinforces the view that babbling is relevant to the study of linguistic performance

Babbling · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Phonetics · Language Development and Disorders · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology