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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>This already went to Annette (why not to info-childes, I don't know). But to add to the babble:</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Nelson, Katherine<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 9/12/2006 7:30 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Annette Karmiloff-Smith<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: babbling<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>There's another reason that English-speaking infants may home in on dada for Daddy in addition to the ease of articulation noted by Jakobson: mothers often interpret the word as referring to Daddy and reinforce with phrases like "where's Dada?" "here comes Dada". Others interpret the babble as "doggie" or "duck" also early words for many kids. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Katherine</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org on behalf of Annette Karmiloff-Smith<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 9/12/2006 3:40 AM<BR><B>To:</B> info-childes@mail.talkbank.org; dev-europe@lboro.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> babbling<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Someone has asked me whether it is true that babies' first word is<BR>Daddy and whether this is because the articulation position of D is<BR>easiest? not sure either is true but would appreciated comments from<BR>those who study this area. Are the words for Daddy/Papa etc. and<BR>Mummy/Maman etc. easier because there is no change of place of<BR>articulation? All thoughts on the topic most appreciated.<BR>thanks<BR>Annette K-S<BR><BR><BR>--<BR>________________________________________________________________<BR>Professor A.Karmiloff-Smith, CBE, FBA, FMedSci,<BR>Head, Neurocognitive Development Unit,<BR>Institute of Child Health,<BR>30 Guilford Street,<BR>London WC1N 1EH, U.K.<BR>tel: 0207 905 2754<BR>sec: 0207 905 2334<BR><A href="http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/academicunits/neurocog_dev/n_d_unit.html">http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/ich/html/academicunits/neurocog_dev/n_d_unit.html</A><BR><BR><BR></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>