Speech & Language Development: What’s Real and What’s Not?

1. YOU SHOULD NEVER BABY TALK WITH BABIES = FALSE! Baby talk, also known as “motherese”, “ refers to the very recognizable speech patterns people use when speaking to babies. Baby talk has a higher-than-normal and more varied pitch, a slower rate of speaking, simpler vocabulary, lots of repetition, emphasis of important words, and exaggerated,

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