Newborn Babies Cry in the Language of their Parents
New research has shown that newborns mimic language far earlier than previously thought, with newborns' cries indicative of their parents' native language. The study found that French newborns have ascending melodic patterns in their cry.
German babies, however, have descending patterns and it is these differences that are consistent with the differences in the French and German languages. The findings show that babies pick up language-learning elements in the womb.
Researcher Kathleen Wermke said: "Newborns are probably highly motivated to imitate their mother's behavior in order to attract her and hence to foster bonding." The research has been detailed in the Current Biology journal.
is when intelligent people, do stupid things.. How about a baby that is born from a lineage of more than 3-8 different blood. Would that mean baby is going to sound like a cow, or , a chicken!!?
Babies are supposed to be able to hear sounds while in the womb - which is why some moms inist on playing classical music to the baby during the later terms.
Maybe they can hear the reverberation/pitch of the mom´s voice too. I don´t thing genetics comes into it... unless it´s profoundly deaf at birth.
Skcuss- As someone told me earlier when I read this, native language not lineage. My girls are not speaking Italian or Gaelic and why should they? We don´t speak it, our national language here is (unofficially) English so that is what they will mimic.
@ any/all- As for playing classical music to the unborn, we always played different genre´s. Whatever we were in the mood for is what was played. We talked to all 3 until it became 2. I encouraged my family to talk to them and we would also play messages from my in-laws. I don´t care what scientists, doctors or laymen say because *I* know it made a difference and helped to creat a bond immediatley after birth.
stupid is what you have stated. Thinking that the difference between lineage and language spoken, a baby wold only hear one freaking language.
Many immigrant parents, speak more than one language perpetually at home. Switching between mother tongue and local Colloquial is normal. Thinking that calling me stupid will earn you a Sn degree, you may be right, however the only degree you have stooped so low to, is display of your arrogance.
You shouldn´t presume to know what I´ll argue. Nothing that redstain said disputes my position. I suggest you pick another target for your anti-intellectual argument(as well as your login).
half of you have missed the point that language development, mimicry etc, starts in utero, not when a baby is around 4-6 months old as previously thought. That´s pretty damn awesome.
"You shouldn´t presume to know what I´ll argue." I! Presume! Really? I did not presume what you will argue, I said, even if the mother is deaf, according to redstain, the baby would still hear sounds.. << This said, it means handbanana assumption is flawed, which you agreed with. Now go call me another name, but before you do that, READ, OR LEARN HOW TO SOUND INTELLIGENT, without belittling others, from your own inept..
Honestly it was not suppose to go this way, but now I am really questioning your ability to understand.
Scroll up again and tell me, who was that comment from, and when I used these "" it means I am quoting someone´s post. Do I have to enlighten you on this one too...
Infact my 1st comment was not directed at anyone and all of a sudden, the first imbecille starts with epithets.. A stupid question!?? WTF. is there such thing as a stupid question? I am grown enough to know that only stupid answers exist, not questions.
O yea before I forget to make it clear. Last part was directed at Ec.... Again.
"is there such thing as a stupid question?" Yes. Yes there is.
A question can show that someone completely missed the point. For example, imagine this scenario: - A news article appears, dealing with children who begin learning language in the womb through the sounds they hear. The article clearly deals with learning, *not* heredity. - A question arises: what about people who are of mixed heritage? Obviously, the question is completely irrelevant here. And thus, the question is stupid.
I think you may be right. I am having a hard time understanding you.
I never said anything about the baby being deaf. I never said anything to you or about redstain until you directed a comment too me. I quoted you belittling ec.
I still can´t see where I said anything regarding someone else´s quote but maybe if you could direct a comment to someone else without spewing bile in the process you might get a little respect.
If you ever believe your own rant, that there is such a thing as stupid question. It makes you the first one. Stupid that is. now read the psots again and ignore your own stupidity.
I know, you re not the one who said anything about baby being deaf. It was BananaRama, all you said was <Quote> I suppose so if for the last third or so of the pregnancy the mother was never around speaking people.</Quote>
Then for the sake of argument, I simply raised another persons argument. Which was from redstain <Q>Babies are supposed to be able to hear sounds while in the womb - which is why some moms inist on playing classical music to the baby during the later terms.</Q>
Here is where, I said, if you agree by saying "I suppose so" than redstains calim is flawed. As in Babies hear more sounds than just mothers...
And then this imbecille once again is going on rant, about a question being stupid, when he had buried his head in the sand, while reading. Was it neccesssary for Ec, to call me STUPID?
If you weren´t so abrasive, you´d be adorable. Of course there are stupid question. It´s a platitude, not a law of nature.
"Was it neccesssary for Ec, to call me STUPID?" You came in here, completely misunderstood the article, and insulted the researchers. Intelligent people, stupid things, remember?
All I did was call you out. And now, you´re upset with me.
