Babbling
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Babbling:
"Babbling is experimental sound making. No sound identity with other than the tongue, breath, saliva, nose, click, clack, etc., all used by the Zulu, Swazi, etc., in So. Africa.
"He/Bolles] has not shown any genetic basis for grammar, only for babbling which ______ as tongue and lung coordination develops and is experimented with.
"Chimps have no tongue cage. You can't say I:-mmm- !.(other) with your mouth open. You can't say N-nnn (No) with your mouth closed."
Citations
- RBF marginalia at "The Innate Grammar of Baby Talk," by Edmund Blair Bolles, Saturday Review, 18 Mar'72
