Infant babbling and speech

Oller, D. Kimbrough; Wieman, Leslie A.; Doyle, William J.; Ross, Carol A

doi:10.1017/s0305000900001276

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“…Across many vocal learner species, vocal development begins with a broad range of exploratory sounds called vocal babbling (Doupe and Kuhl, 1999;Knörnschild, 2014;Oller et al, 2008). In many songbirds, vocal babbling is characterized by graded signals, which develop into highly stereotyped syllable types found in adult song ( Fig.…”

Section: How Song Learning Sustains Polymorphic Dialectsmentioning

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How social learning adds up to a culture: from birdsong to human public opinion

Tchernichovski

Fehér

Fimiarz

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Distributed social learning may occur at many temporal and spatial scales, but it rarely adds up to a stable culture. Cultures vary in stability and diversity ( polymorphism), ranging from chaotic or drifting cultures, through cumulative polymorphic cultures, to stable monolithic cultures with high conformity levels. What features can sustain polymorphism, preventing cultures from collapsing into either chaotic or highly conforming states? We investigate this question by integrating studies across two quite separate disciplines: the emergence of song cultures in birds, and the spread of public opinion and social conventions in humans. In songbirds, the learning process has been studied in great detail, while in human studies the structure of social networks has been experimentally manipulated on large scales. In both cases, the manner in which communication signals are compressed and filtered -either during learning or while traveling through the social network -can affect culture polymorphism and stability. We suggest a simple mechanism of a shifting balance between converging and diverging social forces to explain these effects. Understanding social forces that shape cultural evolution might be useful for designing agile communication systems, which are stable and polymorphic enough to promote gradual changes in institutional behavior.

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Section: How Song Learning Sustains Polymorphic Dialectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How social learning adds up to a culture: from birdsong to human public opinion

Tchernichovski

Fehér

Fimiarz

et al. 2017

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Despite Jakobson's well-known view (1941/68) to the effect that the babbling sounds produced in the prelinguistic period are wholly unrelated to the speech sounds found in early word forms, continuity between babbling and speech has been firmly established for many years now. Studies bringing clear empirical evidence to bear on the question have involved both the general patterning of babble in relation to early word production (Oller et al, 1976) and the particular babbling of individual children in relation to their own first word forms (Vihman et al, 1985); more recently, first signed words have also been found to be rooted in prelinguistic gesture (Cheek et al, 2001). …”

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The sources of phonological knowledge: a cross-linguistic perspective

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Kunnari²

2006

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“…For most infants, simply exposing them to a language guarantees that they will learn the language. Regardless of nationality, infants are natural language learners and are generally born with the ability to utter all of the sounds that humans are capable of producing [17][18][19][20][21]. After some time in a particular language environment, the infant will stop producing some sounds in favor of those that he or she is consistently hearing.…”

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The Dyslexia Dilemma: A History of Ignorance, Complacency and Resistance in Colleges of Education

Hurford

Hurford²,

Head³

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J Child Dev Disord

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Dyslexia is the most common and widely studied learning disability affecting nearly 20% of the children in the United States. Although the Science of Reading provides considerable information with regard to the nature of dyslexia, its evaluation and remediation, there is a history of ignorance, complacency and resistance in colleges of education with regard to disseminating this critical information to pre-service teachers. Information concerning weaknesses in the training of doctoral-level faculty which trickles down to graduate students in education and pre-services teachers is discussed along with potential solutions. Children with dyslexia and reading difficulties are waiting to be taught to read and the knowledge and skills necessary to do so exist. It is essential that the Science of Reading become part of the vocabulary, knowledge base and training within colleges of education.

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Infant babbling and speech

Cited by 270 publications

References 11 publications

How social learning adds up to a culture: from birdsong to human public opinion

How social learning adds up to a culture: from birdsong to human public opinion

The sources of phonological knowledge: a cross-linguistic perspective

The Dyslexia Dilemma: A History of Ignorance, Complacency and Resistance in Colleges of Education

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