noun
- Plural of lallation; instances of substituting the sound /l/ for other consonants, or the use of lalling speech patterns, particularly in infants or as a speech characteristic.
Usage: linguistics; speech pathology; technical term
Examples
- The speech therapist documented several lallations in the child's early language development.
- Lallations are common in toddlers learning to articulate consonant sounds.
- The linguist studied lallations across different language communities.