Noun: lallation la'ley-shun
- Defective articulation of the /l/ phoneme or the phoneme /r/ is pronounced as /l/
"The speech therapist worked with the child to correct his lallation"
- Gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby
"The infant's lallation brought smiles to everyone's faces";
- babble, babbling
Derived forms: lallations
Type of: defect of speech, gibber, gibberish, speech defect, speech disorder
Encyclopedia: Lallation