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Ferguson, Charles A. – 1976
Selected aspects of early phonological development are described, and eight important characteristics are suggested. It is held that the child plays a highly active, creative role in the acquisition process. The child's early vocables constitute a connecting link between babbling and adult-modeled speech; the child's phonological systems for…
Descriptors: Child Language, Infant Behavior, Language Acquisition, Language Research
