:this article has been reviewed on its talk page. please use the comments to make improvements, if you can.  thumb|175px|right|babies begin babbling around 5-7 months of age babbling (also called twaddling) is a stage in child development and a state in language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering articulate sounds, but not yet producing any recognizable words. babbling begins shortly after birth and progresses through several stages as the infant's repertoire expands and vocalizations become more speech-like.oller, d. k. the emergence of the speech capacity. lawrence erlbaum associates, 2000. infants begin to produce recognizable words usually around 12 months, though babbling may continue for some time afterward. ==in humans== babbling is a state in language acquisition. these vocalizations do not contain meaning or refer to anything specific. human infants are not excited or upset when babbling, but instead they will babble spontaneously and incessantly only when emotionally calm. the sounds and expressions of babbling are produced before an infant begins to construct recognizable words. this is mainly due to the immaturity of the vocal tract and neuromusculature at this age in life. infants first begin vocalizing by crying, followed by cooing and then vocal play. these first forms of sound production are the easiest for children to use. when reaching an age of 6 months, infants are finally able to control the opening and closing of the vocal tract, and upon obtaining this ability, infants begin to distinguish between the different sounds of vowels and consonants. this period is known as the beginning of the canonical stage. during the canonical stage, the babbling involves reduplicated sounds containing alternations of vowels and consonants (e.g.; baba or bobo). by the time an infant reaches 8â9 months, they display productions of more advanced sounds known as variegated babbling. variegated babbling differs greatly from reduplicated babbling. this stage includes more complex combinations of consonant and vowel syllables (e.g.; babadoobe). by 9â10 months of age, infant babbling begins to resemble the native langu
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