A multi-modal, emergent view of the development of syllables in early phonology

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 523-524.

Abstract: A narrow focus on the jaw (or on motor generators) does not account for individual and language-specific differences in babbling and early speech. Furthermore, data from Yoshinaga-Itano's laboratory support earlier findings that show glottal rather than oral stops in deaf infants' babbling: audition is crucial for developing normal syllables.

Note: Editorial Menn L, Univ Colorado, Dept Linguist, Boulder,CO 80309 USA

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