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9.2How welearn accentsbefore welearn words学说话之前,我们的口音就已经形成了吗?“No!Thats theonly wordwe hearin thelatest cutebaby videoto goviral.But itsnotthe wordsthat babyOrla saysthat hasmade thisvideo sopopular.Its thefact“不!”这是我们在最新的婴儿视频中听到的唯个疯传的词但是,这个that herbabbling clearlymimics thedistinctive Scouseaccent fromLiverpool.视频成为热门的原因并不是婴儿说的话本身,而是她的咿呀学语明显模仿了Orla利物浦的口音This now-famous infantmay onlyhave beenborn in2022,but thedifferent accentsofbabbling babieshave beeninvestigated formany years.A studyfrom2009found thatFrenchbabies tendto crywith arising intonation,while Germanbabies criesoftenhave afalling intonation.Other studieshave shownAmerican andFrench babiesreflectingsyllables fromEnglish andFrench respectively,and thatbabies withparentswho speaka tonallanguage,like Mandarin,had agreater rangeof tonesintheir crying.这个如今新出圈的婴儿是在年左右才出生的,但人们对咿呀学语的婴儿的不2022同口音已经进行了多年的研究年的一项研究发现,法国婴儿的哭声往往是2009升调,而德国婴儿的哭声往往是降调其它研究表明,美国和法国婴儿的哭声中分别体现英语和法语的音节,而父母说普通话这种声调语言的婴儿,哭声中的声调范围更大So whydoes thishappen Aschildren develop,they practisemaking thesounds ofthelanguage that they heararound them.Its naturalthat theypick upthe soundsandrhythms thatsurround them.In fact,babies startto learnlanguage fromtheirmother fromthree monthsbefore birth.However,its notjust thelanguage ofimmediatefamily andcaregivers thathas animpact.Professor ofdevelopmentalpsychology CarolineFloccia,highlights studiessuggesting thatchildren aremorelikely to acquire theaccent oftheir environmentthan thatof aparent whohas anaccentthat isforeign tothat location.那么,为什么会这样呢?随着孩子的成长,他们会练习发出周围听到的语言的声音,他们很自然地接受周围的声音和节奏实际上,婴儿在出生前三个月就开始向母亲学习语言然而,不仅仅是直系亲属和照顾者的语言会对他们产生影响发展心理学教授指出“研究表明,当父母有与该地区Caroline Flocda不同的口音,孩子更有可能习得当地的口音”Why isthis importantto knowWell,what itshows usis thatbabies arelearninglanguage throughpractice,and thatthe moretime thatparents spendinteractingwith theirchildren,the greaterthe opportunityfor thisthere is.While babblingbabiesmay notbe ableto saymany words,studies estimatethatthey can understandmanytimes thenumber of words thanthose thattheycanactually say.Giving babiesexposuretoagreater numberofwords,allows themto betterbuild theirvocabulary.为什么了解这一点很重要?因为这表明,婴儿是通过练习来学说话的,父母和孩子互动的时间越多,学习语言的机会就越大虽然咿呀学语的婴儿可能不会说很多词,但研究估计,他们能理解的词汇数量远远超过他们实际能说的词汇让婴儿接触更多的词汇,可以帮助他们更好地建立词汇量。
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