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- Does baby talk actually help?
- What have researchers found about baby talk?
- What is the baby talk theory?
- What are baby talk examples?
Does baby talk actually help?
A new study suggests that when parents baby talk to their infants, they might be helping them learn to produce speech. The way we instinctively speak to babies — higher pitch, slower speed, exaggerated pronunciation — not only appeals to them, but likely helps them learn to understand what we're saying.
What have researchers found about baby talk?
“We use a higher pitch, more melodious phrases, and a slower articulation rate when talking to infants compared to how we talk to adults, and this appears to be the same across most languages,” said Christopher Cox, who led the study, in a press statement.
What is the baby talk theory?
First proposed in 1876 by Charles Leland, the baby-talk theory is considered the earliest pidgin generation theory. This theory likens pidgin speakers to young children first learning how to speak.
What are baby talk examples?
If you were to walk past a parent talking to her baby, you might hear any of the following phrases: “Uh oh!” “Pop!” “Where's your belly?” “Woof-woof says the dog!” “Night-night, baby!”
