From crying to the first syllab

Abstract

The aim of the Typical and Atypical Childhood Development Research Group was to develop the documentation of the linguistic development and disturbances of children’s early years to the end of school and to identify the therapeutic effects of atypical development. The scientific group also intends to examine the contexts of linguistic and cognitive skills, multilingualism issues and their forms of expression in society. It is well-known that acquiring linguistic ability is a journey that is rich in events that begins in the womb world and continues beyond adolescence. Since the process of language development is relatively long and has many challenges, the present study, in connection with the formation of the research group, wishes to emphasize a short, but decisive period. It touches exactly the stage in which the initially awkward applause attempts to the initial period until the volitional moments of the child, where the articulation system becomes ripe to the pronunciation of the first comprehensible words alongside age-related speech defects.