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Peer reviewedBlake, Joanna; Fink, Robert – Journal of Child Language, 1987
Analysis of the babbling of five infants indicated that between 14 and 40 percent of utterances recurred in particular contexts with a greater than expected frequency, suggesting that babbling is not entirely random but contains consistent sound-meaning relationships that are not adult-modeled. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Child Language, Connected Discourse, Distinctive Features (Language)
