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Defenition of the word motherese

    • Defenition of the word motherese

      • A way of speech used by parents, particularly mothers, when talking to toddlers and infants. It uses a higher-pitched, warm voice, slow speed, and simplified vocabulary and grammar.
      • 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.
      • an adult''s imitation of the speech of a young child
      • an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child

    Hypernyms for the word motherese

      • non-standard speech

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