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How do babies learn to speak? Human language is little short of a miracle. In order to learn to talk, babies need to be little linguistic geniuses. In this video, let's explore how they do that, and find out: 🤰 Why words for mother tend to start with an "m" 🍌 Why babies call bananas "nanas" 🌍 How babies can tell languages apart IN THE WOMB!

==GUESTS== Prof. Julian Pine – University of Liverpool Dr. Eylem Altuntas – MARCS Babylab, Western Sydney University You can support infant research like Eylem’s by checking if there is a Babylab in your area and signing up for a study.

==LINKS=== Eylem’s research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.13605 Listening in the womb: https://news.ku.edu/news/article/2017/07/13/study-shows-language-development-starts-womb Recognising word order: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259432259_Abstract_knowledge_of_word_order_by_19_months_An_eye-tracking_study

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