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Meanings of infant-directed talk in English

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.

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      Examples for "baby talk"
      Examples for "baby talk"
      1
      I caught snatches of her voice, the gentle singsong of baby talk.
      The devil's bones: a body farm novel
      2
      In the baby talk of conventional psychology, I'm taking away George's father figures.
      The illuminatus! trilogy
      3
      If you talk baby talk to them, they will talk baby talk back.
      The Mother and Her Child
      4
      Poppa gives general domestic directions, and then talks baby talk to little Shirley.
      The new yorker
      5
      I put baby talk in his mouth, trying to conceive of the sound.
      Back on murder