<p>In their previous episode, Elaine and Hector discussed language during pregnancy. Now they look at how babies understand and begin to form syllables into words, and gradually into sentences.</p>
<p>But what is a word? How do we know where a word starts or finishes? How do we learn to conjugate a verb? And how do bilingual and multilingual children develop their respective vocabularies?</p>
<h3>Links</h3>
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine">Willard Van Orman Quine</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Berko_Gleason">Jean Berko Gleason</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/matthew-saxton">Matthew Saxton</a></li>
</ul>

In their previous episode, Elaine and Hector discussed language during pregnancy. Now they look at how babies understand and begin to form syllables into words, and gradually into sentences. But what is a word? How do we know where a word starts or finishes? How do we learn to conjugate a verb? And how do bilingual and multilingual children develop their respective vocabularies? Links Willard Van Orman Quine Jean Berko Gleason Matthew Saxton

<p>In their previous episode, Elaine and Hector discussed language during pregnancy. Now they look at how babies understand and begin to form syllables into words, and gradually into sentences.</p>
<p>But what is a word? How do we know where a word starts or finishes? How do we learn to conjugate a verb? And how do bilingual and multilingual children develop their respective vocabularies?</p>
Links
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Van_Orman_Quine" rel="noopener noreferrer">Willard Van Orman Quine</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Berko_Gleason" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jean Berko Gleason</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/matthew-saxton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Matthew Saxton</a></li>
</ul>

Chapter Three: Language milestones and first words

A journey into bilingual parenting, how language grows inside our babies, and how kids can grow up learning one, two, or many languages.

Hosted by parents Elaine and Héctor, a biology teacher and a language teacher respectively, Petit Sounds is an informative show for parents and linguistics enthusiasts, sprinkled with music and humour.

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A journey into bilingual parenting, how language grows inside our babies, and how kids can grow up learning one, two, or many languages. Hosted by parents Elaine and Héctor, a biology teacher and a language teacher respectively, Petit Sounds is an informative show for parents and linguistics enthusiasts, sprinkled with music and humour.

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