What does babbling mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
babble, babbling, lallationnoun
gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
Wiktionary
babblingnoun
a stage in child language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words
babblingnoun
sounds produced by infant during the babbling period
Wikipedia
Babbling
Babbling 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 does not yet produce any recognizable words. Babbling begins shortly after birth and progresses through several stages as the infant's repertoire of sounds expands and vocalizations become more speech-like. Infants typically begin to produce recognizable words when they are around 12 months of age, though babbling may continue for some time afterward.Babbling can be seen as a precursor to language development or simply as vocal experimentation. The physical structures involved in babbling are still being developed in the first year of a child's life. This continued physical development is responsible for some of the changes in abilities and variations of sound babies can produce. Abnormal developments such as certain medical conditions, developmental delays, and hearing impairments may interfere with a child's ability to babble normally. Though there is still disagreement about the uniqueness of language to humans, babbling is not unique to the human species.
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babbling
Babbling refers to the spontaneous, non-sensical, speech-like sounds made by infants or toddlers, usually as a part of their early language development. It often involves repetition of syllables or sounds. In a broader sense, it can also refer to any continuous or nonsensical chatter by adults or any consistent or repetitive sounds produced by animals or machines.
Webster Dictionary
Babbling
of Babble
Wikidata
Babbling
Babbling is a stage in child development and a state in language acquisition, during which an infant appears to be experimenting with uttering sounds of language, but not yet producing any recognizable words. Babbling begins at approximately 5 to 7 months of age, when a baby's noises begin to sound like phonemes. Infants begin to produce recognizable words usually around 12 months, though babbling may continue for some time afterward.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
babbling
The sound made by shallow rivers flowing over stony beds.
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Anagrams for babbling »
blabbing
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of babbling in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of babbling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of babbling in a Sentence
April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood.
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