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===========================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong</span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Phonology" 2009.11.13 (03) [EN]<br><br></span><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hi Luc, as an answer to your question:</span><span> Wonder what becomes of a baby hearing
mixed sounds: German mom in a French environment?<br>
</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 112, 192);">I also had read the</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 112, 192);"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">article and send an e-mail to my daughter, who grew up with an
American father and a Dutch mother. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="NL">Her answer was flippantly: “Mam,
ze huilt in het Nederlands met een Amerikaans accent”</span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The interesting thing is that she never had an American accent
until she went to live in the Netherlands. But that is socio-psychology !</span></p>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Groetjes, Jacqueline.<br><br>----------<br><br></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><span class="gD" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);"><a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></span> <span class="go"><<a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI">LL-L "Phonology" 2009.11.13 (03) [EN]</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gI"><br>
</span><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">from Heather Rendall <a href="mailto:heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">heatherrendall@tiscali.co.uk</a></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Luc wrote about babies experiencing language in the womb</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When lecturing on the acquisition of language I often repeated the
anecdote about the 'latest' gadget for the expectant Dad (yes Dad!)
namely A Baby Tube - acting like a megaphone which one placed over
Mum's tum and then spoke gently down " Hallo! It's me.. your Dad here
to have quality time with you etc etc" It always raised a laugh, which
was immediately silenced when I continued .." And when as soon as the
babe is born, Dad calls out to it "Hi there It's Dad." new borns have
been seen to turn their head to locate the familiar sound."</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I had the same experience with my granddaughter 2½ years ago. As my
husband and I arrived for our first sight, she was lying on her Mum's
tummy, head comfortably tucked under my daughter's chin. As I crept up
and said " Hallo Hannah. Granny here" she responded with the most
beatic smile I have ever seen, which (camera in hand) I was able to
save for ever. It gives me a thrill every time I see it. So all my
talking to 'Bump' seemed to have worked as well.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I have a series of slides showing the state and then development of
neural pathways for the first 4 days of life. Amazing development even
in such a short time. What is clear on day 1 is that some axons are
already present. Even if they are yet connected to other neurons, their
progress towards connection is evident.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I am convinced that neural networks do develop and are developing
during the babe's experience in the womb. And that language and mood
are the two most influential. What happens in a bilingual situation -
I'm not sure but I would imagine that as the mother's effect is closer
and 24 hour, it will predominate.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Some older research pointed out that new borns respond to soothing
sounds in any language up to c 6 months. Thereinafter they responded
more to their mother tongue.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I wonder if the new research is not contradicting this but
restricting itself to actual real language rather 'soothing sounds'
which I can understand might be more generic.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Heather</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Worcester UK</p><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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