THE PLACE OF MUSIC IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Ezgi ERTEK BABAǹ , GÖKAY YILDIZ²

Language and music, which are integral parts of the culture, cannot be considered independently of each other. The sound, one of the building blocks of music, takes the first place in language development system. The aim of this research is to examine the place of music in language development. When the areas of "language development" and "music" are examined separately, studies in our country that investigate the connection between language development and music are inexplicable, although there are sufficient levels of work in our country. The question of research is defined as "what is the place of music in language development", considering how and how music is involved in language development and in factors affecting language development. Research is a descriptive study based on literature review. In language development in research; language forming systems, theories about the acquisition of language development are scanned and to establish a framework for the place of music in the periods of language development and factors affecting language development. It has been concluded that the studies of language development focus mainly on early childhood in literature, lullabies, tongue twister and it has an important place in children's language development.

Keywords
Music , Language, Language Development, Music in Language Development, Language Development Periods,