Usage of "motherese" | TermGallery

português

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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Sinônimos

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 

With father gone and mother struggling to live, Martha had never overcome some of the babytalk-diction faults. 
 The Fourth "R" 

VHI has launched BabyTalk, a new maternity helpline staffed by qualified midwives. 
 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 

Translations for motherese

português

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Idioma da interface

Significados de motherese em inglês