Just found this video clip:
The baby, Emily (?), seems to be less than a year old. The video was uploaded to YouTube by a gentleman who calls himself stanqoo. I'm tempted to say that Emily's pronunciation is better than that of some of my students, but no - I'm not going to say this.
Can't view the video on my iPhone, but my 2.5 year old daughter can produce all the phonemes of (California) English, except for the interdental fricatives (which are fronted except that initial /D/ becomes /d/).
ReplyDeleteShe does have some trouble consistently distinguishing KIT/DRESS/TRAP/FOOT.