Babbling

The canonical babbling (even babbling, babbling, babbling or babbling called ) are first vocalizations, infants during the acquisition of language in the so-called babbling phase (also: Lallperiode ) 's own. The babbling phase extends approximately between 6 / 7 and the 10-11. Month of life. During this time, children form syllable sound chains (eg ga -ga or wa - wa), they are reinforced and supported by imitation and positive feedback. Try out a variety of different sounds and sound combinations and test on the way, the possibilities for its articulation organs. During this phase, the articulation organs are not yet fully formed: for example, the larynx must first be lowered.

There is also some evidence of a cognitive understanding of individual linguistic signals between the 8th and 10th month of life. For example, babies show a finger on a body part after the question of the mother, where the foot is. Thus have children before the ability to speak a language understanding.

Interference when the babble appearance are a good predictor of later language disorders.