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This operation studies the phonological and morphological development of French and American children. The data consist of bi-monthly audio-video recordings of 6 English- speaking children (Brown, Providence, USA) and 8 French-speaking (Lyon, France), recorded during interaction with their mothers. The study begins when the children are 12 months and will continue until they reach 36 months. The spontaneous data is completed with cross sectional experiments concering specific areas of phonological development.

This study is undertaken within the framework of frame/content theory (MacNeilage & Davis, 1999, 2000), which argues that universal articulatory tendencies in babbling are constrained by the biomechanics of production and that, with the appearance of first words, child adjust their productions to the ambient language.