(NEW YORK, Reuters)New research suggests that babies start to recognize words as early as 8 months of age.
(路透社紐約電)新的研究顯示,嬰兒在八個月大的時候就開始認字。
Investigators found that young infants can distinguish when a word begins and ends.
研究人員發現,小嬰兒可以辨別出一個字的開始與結尾。
Words that begin with a consonant sound were easier to learn.
以輔音開頭的字比較容易學。
Recognizing words is the first step toward learning a language.
認字是學習語言的第一步。