lallation

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The incorrect pronunciation of the letter "r" so that it sounds like an "l" (or "w").

   “She spoke Aramaic with a lazy lallation, affected by many because it was the natural speech of a class.”

   ““Everybody wovs you,” Mary Madelyn said to Melchior. Whenever she pronounced an el it became doubleu. […] Except for her partial lallation she spoke well […]”

2. (countable, uncountable)Baby-talk or gibberish.

   “The auto-imitation in lallation, a form of spontaneous talking, precedes the imitation of strange words and sounds. […] in lallation the infant follows his own inclination, while in imitating the sound heard from others he will have to accommodate himself to a strange perception.”

   “The chronic effects of the barbiturates on neurological and psychic function resemble those of alcohol. There may be dizziness, clumsiness and ataxia; dysarthria, nystagmus, mental disturbances, nervousness, tremor, lallation, confusion, peculiar behavior, weakness of judgment, emotional instability and hallucinations.”