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- PaperDOAJ — ELT & TESOL1 May 2023
A psycholinguistics view on a child’s speech production in babbling stage: A case study
Puput Jianggimahastu Larastika Suryanto, Rizqi Husaini
A case study of an eight-month-old infant's babbling identified 99 vocalization patterns, with meanings varying by context. The findings highlight the phonological organization and contextualized meaning in early speech production.
Original abstract
This study aims to examine a baby's babbling child's speech production seen from psycholinguistics view. It also aims to reveal the phonological organization, contextualize meaning, and decipher meaning of the baby’s babbling stage. The participant was an infant who was at the stage of babbling at eight months old. This study used case study as the research design. Moreover, the data was collected by using direct observation, document and parents’ interview. The results shows that there were 99 patterns in the baby’s babbling stage. Furthermore, the babbling topic occurred in several contexts, with each babbling having a varied meaning depending on the situation.