<i>The Emergence of the Speech Capacity</i>

Oller, D. Kimbrough; Kent, Ray D.

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“…In typical development of vocalization, canonical babbling takes place approximately between 5 and 10 months of age, when infants are able to use phonation and combine consonants and fully resonant vowels into syllables and to produce syllable chains repetitively, as well as single syllables (Oller, 2000). In addition, infants are also capable of timing the syllables according to the rhythm of the ambient language.…”

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“…These syllable chain types usually appear before the first meaningful word, and they may also overlap. Oller (2000) categorized them at the integration stage. In the present study, gibberish was combined with variegated babbling as Oller (1980) did in his earlier version of the categorization because of the difficulty in distinguishing between gibberish and variegated babblings.…”

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“…It has been observed that during canonical babbling, infants may prefer some syllable types above others for some period of time. In Oller's (2000) model, variegated babbling is included at the canonical stage. During variegated babbling, the vocalization is usually rich in syllable combinations.…”

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“…In addition, a more detailed description was made to find out whether there were other possible differences in preverbal vocalization between the preterm and full-term infants. A detailed descriptive analysis of the vocalization was made by defining the syllable types and combinations and other vocalization heard and building subgroups of the stages defined by Oller (2000). By creating these subgroups, the aim was to differentiate the vocalization between the preterm and full-term infants.…”

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“…Classification of vocalization and definition of "word" Oller's (2000) model was used to describe the development of the vocalization. The model was chosen for the analyses because of its firm theoretical framework and common application in studies on infant vocalization.…”

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Early vocalization of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW), part II: from canonical babbling up to the appearance of the first word

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Lehtihalmes

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Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

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The aim of this study was to systematically describe the preverbal development of preterm infants from canonical babbling up to the first word and to compare it with that of healthy full-term infants. In addition, the amount of vocalization between the preterm and full-term groups was compared. The sample consisted of 18 preterm infants with extremely low birth weight and 11 full-term infants. The development of preverbal vocalization before variegated babbling did not differ between the groups. Instead, the preterm infants failed to produce more different kinds of canonical syllable types than the full-term infants. However, they showed a larger variance of variegated babbling skills and remained in the babbling phase longer before reaching the first meaningful word compared with the full-term infants. Following the onset of canonical babbling, the preterm infants produced fewer vocalizations than the full-term infants and they reached the first word later than the full-term infants.

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Early vocalization of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW), part II: from canonical babbling up to the appearance of the first word

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Language Development

MacWhinney

2015

Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science

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The modern study of children's language is influenced by two contrasting perspectives. The theory of Universal Grammar emphasizes the role of innate abilities in a core language module. In contrast, Emergentism views language learning as a result of processes of variation, competition, and generalization, operating across a diverse set of space‐time scales ranging from online processing to long‐term patterns of social and genetic consolidation. This chapter reviews language development in terms of seven levels of emergent structure: articulatory phonology, auditory phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, mental models, and conversation. For each level, the analysis considers the role of input language structure, neural processes, and social mechanisms. On each level, we observe ways in which the initial learning of specific items gives rise to subsequent pattern extraction and generalization. We then examine the neuronal basis of language control in terms of structures and methods for allowing highly interactive online processing between the seven components. Processing models provide ways of understanding both developmental language disorders and the learning of multiple languages at different stages in development.

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Two organizing principles of vocal production: Implications for nonhuman and human primates

Owren

Amoss

Rendall

2010

American J Primatol

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Vocal communication in nonhuman primates receives considerable research attention, with many investigators arguing for similarities between this calling and speech in humans. Data from development and neural organization show a central role of affect in monkey and ape sounds, however, suggesting that their calls are homologous to spontaneous human emotional vocalizations while having little relation to spoken language. Based on this evidence, we propose two principles that can be useful in evaluating the many and disparate empirical findings that bear on the nature of vocal production in nonhuman and human primates. One principle distinguishes production-first from reception-first vocal development, referring to the markedly different role of auditory-motor experience in each case. The second highlights a phenomenon dubbed dual neural pathways, specifically that when a species with an existing vocal system evolves a new functionally distinct vocalization capability, it occurs through emergence of a second parallel neural pathway rather than through expansion of the extant circuitry. With these principles as a backdrop, we review evidence of acoustic modification of calling associated with background noise, conditioning effects, audience composition, and vocal convergence and divergence in nonhuman primates. Although each kind of evidence has been interpreted to show flexible cognitively mediated control over vocal production, we suggest that most are more consistent with affectively grounded mechanisms. The lone exception is production of simple, novel sounds in great apes, which is argued to reveal at least some degree of volitional vocal control. If also present in early hominins, the cortically based circuitry surmised to be associated with these rudimentary capabilities likely also provided the substrate for later emergence of the neural pathway allowing volitional production in modern humans.

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The Emergence of the Speech Capacity

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Early vocalization of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW), part II: from canonical babbling up to the appearance of the first word

Early vocalization of preterm infants with extremely low birth weight (ELBW), part II: from canonical babbling up to the appearance of the first word

Language Development

Two organizing principles of vocal production: Implications for nonhuman and human primates

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