What is Motherese, and How Does It Help Build Your Babys Brain? Motherese is a special kind of method to communicate with your baby and it involves distinctive modifications in speech You don’t actually have to learn how to speak in motherese; you just need to know a few tricks
Baby talk - Wikipedia Baby talk is a type of speech associated with an older person speaking to a child or infant It is also called caretaker speech, infant-directed speech (IDS), child-directed speech (CDS), child-directed language (CDL), caregiver register, parentese, fatherese or motherese [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Uncovering the sound of motherese, baby talk across languages With their kids, mothers switch into a special communicative mode known as “motherese” or “baby talk” — an exaggerated and somewhat musical form of speech While it may sound silly to adults, research has shown that it plays an important role in language learning, engaging infants’ emotions and highlighting the structure in language