Usage of "parentese" | TermGallery

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.

Synonyms

Examples for "cds"

Banks say the CDS market is too small to influence debt prices. 
 The Irish Times 

Describes the history of CDs and how they've affected the record business. 
 The new yorker 

CD-R recorders usually are used to create permanent archives or bootable CDs. 
 Backup & recovery 

All listened to the CDs each night at bedtime for 30 days. 
 Wired 

Computer firms have long railed against pirated software and CDs in China. 
 The Irish Times 

I caught snatches of her voice, the gentle singsong of baby talk. 
 The devil's bones: a body farm novel 

In the baby talk of conventional psychology, I'm taking away George's father figures. 
 The illuminatus! trilogy 

If you talk baby talk to them, they will talk baby talk back. 
 The Mother and Her Child 

Poppa gives general domestic directions, and then talks baby talk to little Shirley. 
 The new yorker 

I put baby talk in his mouth, trying to conceive of the sound. 
 Back on murder 

Interface language

Meanings of parentese in English