Babies as young as 4 months can tell how the sounds of different languages are made – new research

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This article discusses our new research showing that infants as young as four months old can discern how different languages’ sounds are produced. The findings suggest that babies are sensitive to articulatory features of speech before they undergo perceptual attunement to their native language. This challenges previous assumptions about the timing of phonetic learning and highlights the early foundation of language acquisition.

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Babies as Early Language Detectives: Identifying Speech Sound Patterns at Four Months