Lallation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lallation is a noun meaning The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w").
Meaning
The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w").
More Meanings
- Baby-talk or gibberish.
Example Sentences
She spoke Aramaic with a lazy lallation, affected by many because it was the natural speech of a class.
“Everybody wovs you,” Mary Madelyn said to Melchior. Whenever she pronounced an el it became doubleu. […] Except for her partial lallation she spoke well […]
The auto-imitation in lallation, a form of spontaneous talking, precedes the imitation of strange words and sounds. […] in lallation the infant follows his own inclination, while in imitating the sound heard from others he will have to accommodate himself to a strange perception.
The chronic effects of the barbiturates on neurological and psychic function resemble those of alcohol. There may be dizziness, clumsiness and ataxia; dysarthria, nystagmus, mental disturbances, nervousness, tremor, lallation, confusion, peculiar behavior, weakness of judgment, emotional instability and hallucinations.
Word Forms
- lallations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wharling, l-vocalization, wharl, lambdacismus, lolling, latration.
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