Words R Us

"www.stolaf.edu/depts/cis/wp/tiano/project/.../metaphors.pdf"

This article discusses the importance of baby babble in language development.

The experimenters argue that a baby's vocalizations signal a state of focused attention, a readiness to learn language. When parents respond to babble by naming the object at hand, the argument goes, children are more likely to learn words. So if a baby looks at an apple and says, "Ba ba!" it's better to respond by naming the apple than by guessing, for example, "Do you want your bottle?"

"All recordings are in English, are of native speakers, and include both English language dialects and English spoken in the accents of other languages."

after speaking kindly of others, positive emotions were raised 3 percent, negative emotions were reduced 6 percent, and self-esteem rose 5 percent

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