kartavost'

[Nila Friedberg]

Another good source is:
Jakobson, R. Child language, aphasia and phonological universals.
where Jakobson argues that the most cross-linguistically common sounds are
learned by a child first, while less common sounds are learned later.

In the pre-babling stage, children have the
ability to perceive phonetic contrasts of the sounds that are not present
in their language (which is reflected in different sucking rates in the
experiments).
However,
at the age of 10 to 12 months they fail to distinguish the phonological
contrasts not found in their language.
See more at Bill Idsardi's website on acquisition:
http://www.ling.udel.edu/idsardi/101/notes/acquisition.html

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                    http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------