. _:vb7778986 . . _:vb7778982 . . "1" . _:vb7778984 "Jesus called God \"Abba,\" a word that originated as a \"babble word\" originally used by little children but later adopted as an affectionate and respectful way by which adult children also spoke to their fathers."@en . . . . _:vb7778986 "2011, Samantha Ettus, The Experts' Guide to the Baby Years, \u2192ISBN:"@en . . _:vb7778986 "Label the bear \u201CTeddy\u201D aloud to confirm his babble word. Smile and express your pride as you bring over Teddy."@en . _:vb7778983 "The first primitive bi-syllabic babble words of the 'mama', 'dada', 'baba' variety are the product of a near approximation of simple words in the language environment, and are reinforced by delighted parental response."@en . "|qual=child-directed speech" . . _:vb7778985 "As such a babble word, it really translates into English as \"papa\" or \"dada\" or some other equivalent. Every language has these little words that children use before they can really speak, [\u2026]"@en . _:vb7778985 "2010, When You Pray: Daily Practices for Prayerful Living, \u2192ISBN:"@en . . _:vb7778982 "A phonemically basic word, one which is easy for small children to pronounce and which therefore tends to be produced by them early on (for example, mama)."@en . _:vb7778983 . _:vb7778984 "1986, Sandra Marie Schneiders, Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament, \u2192ISBN:"@en . . . _:vb7778984 . _:vb7778985 . _:vb7778983 "1974, Philip Barker, The residential psychiatric treatment of children, page 209:"@en .