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The document summarizes two studies on how songbirds and human infants acquire language skills. The first study found that zebra finches learned to modify song sequences in a structured way, first by swapping syllables and then by inserting syllables, indicating that birdsong has syntax like human language. The second study of human infants found that newly learned syllables tended to be repeated at first and then inserted within utterances, consistent with the songbird study findings. Both studies suggest
- Author
- Subramanian Ananthanarayanan
- Language
- EN