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Noun Concept
Categories: archived copy as title, All articles lacking reliable references, Psycholinguistics, Articles with short description, Infancy
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baby talk  babytalk  motherese  caretaker speech  child-directed speech
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An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child WordNet 3.0
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An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Baby talk is a type of speech associated with an older person speaking to a child or infant. Wikipedia
Simplified form of language used by adults when speaking to babies. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Usually delivered with a "cooing" pattern of intonation different from that of normal adult speech: high in pitch, with many glissando variations that are more pronounced than those of normal speech Wikidata
A non-standard form of language used by adults when talking to toddlers and infants which is characterized by high pitch, reduced syntactic complexity and simplified vocabulary. OmegaWiki
The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children. Wiktionary
Form of speech used when talking to babies. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
non-standard speech
language
variety
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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baby talk, babytalk, motherese
Wikipedia
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baby talk
Wikidata
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baby talk
Wiktionary
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baby talk
OmegaWiki
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baby talk, caretaker speech, child-directed speech, infant-directed talk, mommy talk, motherese, parentese
Wikipedia Redirections
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baby-talk, Baby speak, Baby speech, Baby Talk, Babytalk, Care-taker language, caregiver register, Caregiver speech, Caretaker language, caretaker speech, Caretaker talk, child-directed language, child-directed speech, Child directed speech, infant-directed speech, Infant-directed talk, Mother talk, motherese, Oopsie-daisy, parentese, pet-directed speech, pet talk, Whoopsie daisy
Wikidata Alias
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caretaker speech, CDS, child-directed speech, IDS, infant-directed speech, motherese

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