first words

[Katie Alcock]

I was under the impression that the (child) words for significant items
(mother, father, other family members, suckling/breasts) appear to have been
assigned in many languages based on the first word-like forms that parents
believe children are producing.

I have no idea where I got this impression from, but parents do seem very
willing to assign word status to babble.

Katie Alcock


Katie Alcock, DPhil
Lecturer
Department of Psychology
University of Lancaster
Fylde College
Lancaster LA1 4YF
Tel 01524 593833
Fax 01524 593744
Web http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/people/KatieAlcock.html

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