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Children link accents with intelligence from the age of five, says study

By Ella Jeffries, Lecturer in linguistics, University of Essex

From the moment we are born (and even before that, in utero), we tune into the languages around us. This includes the accents they are spoken in.

Studies have found that infants show a preference for a familiar accent from as young as five months old. Fast forward to adulthood…

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