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The study of language learning, especially the processes by which first languages are learned by children.

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Why do most words for "mother", across languages, start with an [m], and for "father" with [...

Let me add to these already great answers what I read in a paper (I cannot recall, which): m is a nasal sound that can be produced while suckling on the breast, and suckling involves both lips (hence …
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