These and the postalveolar sounds are typical of diminutives, which are used frequently in child language and motherese ( mainly to show affection rather than size ).
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With motherese, the mother talks to the child and responds back to the child, whether it be a babble the child made or a short sentence.
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Almost instinctively, they speak to their infants in " motherese "-- a universal language of parents, spoken in a lilting, singsong, rhyming pattern.
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Holly Congiusta, who runs a small day care from her home in Albany, has witnessed parents using the sing-song element of motherese to cajole older children to obey.
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The question then arises whether or not a developmental change in Mandarin motherese must occur when infants approach the age of language acquisition in order for them to accurately understand the differences between words.
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The way mothers speak to their children ( " motherese " ) is better suited to support very young children in their efforts to understand speech ( in context of the reference English ) than fathers.
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Patty Nolan, of Albany, mother of one and aunt to 17, thinks the " sing-song " motherese, " brings you in touch with the child, brings you to their level ."
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One component of the young child's linguistic environment is child-directed speech ( also known as baby talk or motherese ), which is language spoken in a higher pitch than normal with simple words and sentences.
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While it's a debated title these days, " motherese " ( suggested alternatives : daddyese, caretakerese, humanese ) is instinctual-- a high-pitched speech that's slower, more varied and repetitive than regular talk.
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Given normal exposure to language, Pinker said, children learn to talk as naturally as they learn to sit or stand, despite middle-class America's conviction that children learn from adult role models or the slow singsong of " Motherese ."
