babbling
present participle ofbabble
| 单词 | babbling |
| 释义 | babbling present participle ofbabble babble verb uk/ˈbæb.əl/us/ˈbæb.əl/babbleverb(TALK)[IorT] totalkor say something in aquick,confused,excited, orsillyway: Thechildrenbabbledexcitedlyamong themselves. She was babbling somethingaboutherringbeingstolen. Ways of talking
babbleverb(WATER NOISE)[I]literary (of astream) to make thelow,continuousnoiseofwaterflowingoverstones: Theyresteda while by a babblingbrook. Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
Examplesofbabblingbabbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thus, their relatively large frequency (4% of all consonants) in early canonicalbabblingwas unexpected, though still much lower than adult frequencies. From theCambridge English Corpus What variables are responsible when variegatedbabblingepisodes occur instead of reduplicated episodes? From theCambridge English Corpus No single consonant or vowel segments, vegetative sounds, or vocalizations not determined to be canonicalbabblingwere analyzed. From theCambridge English Corpus They parallel the early stages of human vocal acquisition and production, includingbabbling, turn taking, control, and accommodation, with those of nonhuman primates. From theCambridge English Corpus The second stage was labeled "variegatedbabbling," in that consonants, vowels, or both could be different. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, there may not be any clear progression in occurrence of variegation across thebabblingperiod. From theCambridge English Corpus Adaptation to language : evidence frombabblingand first words in four languages. From theCambridge English Corpus This presumption suggests the possibility thatbabblingdrift does not apply (or at least does not apply strongly) to infrastructural development of the speech capacity. From theCambridge English Corpus At around 6 - 8 months hearing infants start to babble and deaf infants exposed to sign language start to engage in manualbabbling. From theCambridge English Corpus Fricatives, affricates, and liquids are relatively rare inbabblingand early speech and have been subject to little systematic study. From theCambridge English Corpus Initially, their sounds are basic cries, but gradually cooing, laughter and thenbabblingcan be identified. From theCambridge English Corpus Phonological development frombabblingto speech : common tendencies and individual differences. From theCambridge English Corpus Babblingin the manual mode : evidence for the ontogeny of language. From theCambridge English Corpus A number of earlier studies have suggested thatbabblingand early speech might be subject to specific intrasyllabic interdependencies. From theCambridge English Corpus Frombabblingto speech : a reassessment of the continuity issue. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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