Canonical babble
The canonical babbling (also babble , babble , babbling or babbling are called) first vocalizations that infants during language acquisition in the so-called babbling phase (also: babbling period ) it's own. The babbling phase extends roughly between 6/7. and the 10./11. Month of life. During this time children form syllable sound structures (e.g. ga-ga or wa-wa ). Even mom and dad are originally Lallwörter . In this neurological process, the cognition controls the motor skills "... in the sense of generating arbitrary movement patterns, movement selection, planning and organization". The generation of the motor patterns is reinforced and supported by imitation and positive feedback . The little ones try out a variety of different sounds and sound combinations and in this way test the possibilities of their articulation organs . During this phase, the organs of articulation are not yet fully formed: the larynx must first lower.
There are also certain signs of a cognitive understanding of individual linguistic signals between the 8th and 10th month of life. For example, babies point a finger at a part of the body after asking their mother where the foot is. According to this, children have an understanding of language before they can speak .
Disturbances in the occurrence of babbling are a good predictor of later speech disturbances . They can also be an indication of acquired hearing impairments, such as: B. of sound conduction disorders as a result of otitis media.
literature
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- Roman Jakobson: Why 'Mama' and 'Papa'? . In: Bernard Kaplan and Seymour Wapner (Eds.): Perspectives in Psychological Theory: Essays in Honor of Heinz Werner. International Universities Press, New York 1960, pp. 124-134.
- Rita Zellerhoff: Diversity of language education. Action-oriented and open-minded paths to language culture. Peter Lang Edition, Frankfurt / M. 2013.
