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Newborns cry in their native tongue!
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ranjit_...@yahoo.com
Nov 10, 2009, 5:53:41 PM11/10/09
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http://russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-11-06/newborns-cry-native-tongue.html
<<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
language respectively.>>
<<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
language respectively.>>
Christian Weisgerber
Nov 10, 2009, 7:41:34 PM11/10/09
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ranjit_...@yahoo.com <ranjit_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mark Liberman comments in the blog entry "Native Wails" on Language
Log:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1869
Science story badly mangled by news media. Who'd've thought?
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
Peter T. Daniels
Nov 10, 2009, 11:22:48 PM11/10/09
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On Nov 10, 7:41 pm, na...@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) wrote:
> ranjit_math...@yahoo.com <ranjit_math...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >http://russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-11-06/newborns-cry-native-tongue...
> > <<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
> > German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
> > produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
> > cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
> > language respectively.>>
>
> Mark Liberman comments in the blog entry "Native Wails" on Language
> Log:http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1869
>
> Science story badly mangled by news media. Who'd've thought?
> ranjit_math...@yahoo.com <ranjit_math...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >http://russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-11-06/newborns-cry-native-tongue...
> > <<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
> > German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
> > produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
> > cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
> > language respectively.>>
>
> Mark Liberman comments in the blog entry "Native Wails" on Language
> Log:http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1869
>
> Science story badly mangled by news media. Who'd've thought?
NPR handled it well (with relevant audio) -- but I don't see what's
new about the finding.
Ruud Harmsen
Nov 11, 2009, 5:52:14 AM11/11/09
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Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:41 -0800 (PST): "ranjit_...@yahoo.com"
<ranjit_...@yahoo.com>: in sci.lang:
<ranjit_...@yahoo.com>: in sci.lang:
They picked it up by listening in the womb, obviously. After nine
months of exposure it catches on.
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Ruud Harmsen, http://rudhar.eu
Peter T. Daniels
Nov 11, 2009, 8:17:43 AM11/11/09
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On Nov 11, 5:52 am, Ruud Harmsen <r...@rudhar.eu> wrote:
> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:41 -0800 (PST): "ranjit_math...@yahoo.com"
> <ranjit_math...@yahoo.com>: in sci.lang:
>
> >http://russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-11-06/newborns-cry-native-tongue...
> ><<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
> >German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
> >produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
> >cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
> >language respectively.>>
>
> They picked it up by listening in the womb, obviously. After nine
> months of exposure it catches on.
> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:53:41 -0800 (PST): "ranjit_math...@yahoo.com"
> <ranjit_math...@yahoo.com>: in sci.lang:
>
> >http://russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-11-06/newborns-cry-native-tongue...
> ><<The researcher compared recordings of the cries of 30 French and 30
> >German babies between 2 and 5 days old. French babies tended to
> >produce cries with a rising melody contour, while Germans more often
> >cried falling cries. These patterns are typical for French and German
> >language respectively.>>
>
> They picked it up by listening in the womb, obviously. After nine
> months of exposure it catches on.
That is indeed what the German researcher suggested, but that, too, is
not a new idea.
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