>"Produc[ing] all the possible sounds of all human languages" is the
>same thing as "randomly making noises with the human voice box,"
>like "producing all the possible sounds of a piano concerto" is (or
>can be) the same thing as "randomly beating on a piano keyboard."
Apples and spark plugs again.
Chuck is saying this is something sweet in the world because it's a stage. all too brief, that we all go through and an indicator of, as Chuck put it, "a kind of organic unity that demands a poetic sensibility..."
A baby making these sounds is like a portal to some deeper knowledge of ourselves. Randomly beating on a keyboard is closer to what you do here on lbotalk.
>Does she explain how this develops into languages, for instance, do
>the gurglings take on a different character depending on whatever
>linguistic environment the baby is raised in?
http://www.amazon.com/Christine-Kenneally/e/B001IGOJ34