Roman Jakobson
Linguist who theorized universal mama/papa sounds
Episodes
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#2801: Why Baby Babble Sounds Like Foreign LanguagesYour baby isn't speaking Korean — but here's why the overlap isn't a coincidence. -
#365: From Blur to Mama: How Babies Learn to See YouWhy do babies across the globe sound the same? Explore the "universal toolkit" of the infant brain and how anatomy shapes our first words.