Cameras and microphones recorded
攝像機和麥克風不分晝夜地
every second of Deb's son's life
記錄著戴布兒子的生活
from the moment he was born until he was three-years-old.
從他出生的那一刻起直到三歲為止
Capturing in precise detail the process of how we learn to talk.
捕捉下了學習講話過程中的每個微小細節
Blue ball. Blue ball.
藍球 藍球
Blue ball, yeah.
對 就是藍球
From the earliest unintelligible babble
從最初并無實際意義的牙牙學語
to the emergence of a very first word.
直到第一個完整單詞的出現
Apple. Apple.
蘋果 蘋果
Yeah, apple.
對啦 蘋果
My interest going in was really to understand
我的興趣在于了解
the earliest stages of language formation,
語言形成的最初階段
and the typical development stages in language,
以及語言發展的幾個典型階段
a child will go from babbling to using single words
從孩子牙牙學語到使用單個的詞語
usually as a complete request and descriptions, and then
通常是一個簡單的請求或描述
from that they will start what's called the two-word stage
接下來就會進入所謂的"雙詞階段"
where they'll put two words together like "more milk"
兩個詞語一起使用 比如"更多牛奶"
and from that, very quickly more complex grammatical structures emerge.
之后更復雜的語法結構就會快速形成