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Ferguson, Charles A.; Macken, Marlys A. – 1980
Sound play is important to child language development in that it contributes to the phonetic substrate, it is a factor in phonological development, and it is something to be learned as part of the socially acceptable use of language. Sound play progresses in three stages: (1) babbling, in which a gradual acquisition of phonetic units is built up…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Creative Thinking
