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Babies cry with an accent

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     Posted Nov-6 1:15 PM   
Francis X. Neumann, Jr.
 
From  Francis X. Neumann, Jr.  Posts 4035  Last Nov-19
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"Only days after birth, babies have a bawl with language. Newborn babies cry in melodic patterns that they have heard in adults’ conversations—even while in the womb, say medical anthropologist Kathleen Wermke of the University of Würzburg in Germany, and her colleagues. By 2 to 5 days of age, infants’ cries bear the tuneful signature of their parents’ native tongue, a sign that language learning has already commenced, the researchers report in a paper published online November 5 in Current Biology."

See: http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2009/11/05/newborn-babies-may-cry-in-their-mother-tongues.html

Frank Neumann
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