first word

[Aleka A. Blackwell]

My child's first word was [dajdaj] at just about 12 months and it 
clearly meant 'bye bye' and not 'daddy.' My son's "daddy" (note: I speak 
Greek to him, his dad speaks English to him, and my son has chosen the 
Greek "baba" for daddy) surfaced at 17 months.


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Aleka A. Blackwell
Associate Professor of Linguistics
English Department
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615-898-5960