at 9-18 months, comes the MELODIC UTTERANCE STAGE, when children pick up the melody,
rhythm and intonation of their mother tongue. At this point a child will sound as if
she is talking despite the lack of actual words.
For example, one child used the rhythm
and melody of ‘tum
ti tum tumtum’ to
ask for a game of ‘Round and round the garden’, whilst others can be heard to
copy the rise and fall intonation of all-gone. (Crystal, 1986)
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