motherese
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmotherese (uncountable)
- Baby talk.
- 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 13, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
- With its slow and exaggerated intonations, motherese speeds language learning by providing input that is easier for infants to process.
Translations
editmotherese — see also baby talk
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