From melody to language
02/18/2021![Babies are able to quickly and seemingly effortlessly acquire a skill as complex as language. They already develop basic skills for this in the first six months of life.](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/b/csm_0218wermke-spracherwerb_2b717947c4.jpg)
In the process of developing language, the melody patterns that emerge in infants' vocalisations are a very important first step. A new study has shown that the complexity of these patterns rapidly increases in the first months.
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