The study by researchers at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy, indicates speech elicits a series of representations, such as syllables, vowels, or consonants, which our brains identify as such from the very early onset of language acquisition.

The researchers said consonants serve mainly to distinguish among words, whereas vowels tend to carry grammatical information.

http://www.physorg.com/news5089.html

Why this appears on a site devoted to "the latest physics and technology news" I'm not quite sure, but.

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