Table 1.
Total number of utterances, total number of canonical utterances, percentage of canonical utterances, total number of syllables, total number of canonical syllables, and the canonical babbling ratio (CBR, canonical syllables as a percentage of all syllables) in the two language groups.
| Measures | Korean-learning children | English-learning children | Statistical Values |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | F | p | ||
| Total # of utterances | 648.93 (229.18) | 693.79 (266.69) | .228 | .637 | .009 |
| Total # of canonical utterances | 341.79 (250.55) | 342.93 (235.48) | .000 | .990 | .000 |
| % of canonical utterances | 48.91 (20.16) | 46.23 (16.35) | .708 | .703 | .006 |
| Total # of syllables | 1219.71 (562.66) | 1365.36 (663.87) | .392 | .537 | .015 |
| Total # of canonical syllables | 589.07 (518.42) | 627.71 (540.39) | .037 | .848 | .001 |
| CBR | 41.95 (18.86) | 41.15 (14.71) | .016 | .901 | .001 |