A quantitative analysis of reduplicated and variegated babbling

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20343756
AutoresBruce L Smith (Northwestern University), Sharon Brown-Sweeney (Northwestern University), Carol Stoel-Gammon (University of Washington), Carol Stoel‐Gammon (University of Washington)
Año1989
Volumen9
Número6
Páginas175-189
Fecha de publicación1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaFirst Language (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/014272378900900605
OpenAlexW2003525165
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas14

A number of investigators have made reference to the stages of reduplicated and variegated babbling during the latter half of pre meaningful vocal development. Although these categories of utter ances are widely accepted, there is little quantitative data describing them. The present study investigated this issue by analysing the utter ances of 10 infants who were followed at approximately 4-month intervals from about 6-18 months of age. Although there was a period during which reduplicated utterances were found to occur somewhat more frequently than variegated productions, followed by a period of more frequent occurrence of variegated productions, both types co- occurred throughout the entire age range studied. Specific phonetic characteristics of these two types of vocalizations were also inves tigated to determine whether they provided any information about the development of articulatory motor control

Aesthetics · Babbling · Control (management) · Linguistics · Period (music) · Range (aeronautics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Infant Health and Development · Language Development and Disorders · Philosophy · Phonetics and Phonology Research · Psychology