Baby talk or child directed speech is one of the various speech patterns used by parents or caregivers while communicating with the kids, especially infants.
Most of the mothers like to use this child directed speech to communicate with their babies.
| Baby talk is natural.
| Baby talk is a commonly understood conventional term.
| Child-directed speech or CDS is the term coined by psychologists and child development professionals.
Baby talk or CDS is a nonstandard form of speech used by the adults. The vocabulary of baby talk includes nonverbal sounds and slurred or simplified versions of ordinary words, but it also includes a vocabulary of its own. Some of these are handed down from parent to parent or invented by parents and are not known outside of a particular family, but others are more or less widespread.
Baby talk comprises of nonverbal hum and indistinct or beginner's versions of normal words, but it also has a grammar of its own.
Baby talk is the most effective way to communicate with infants, we can also call it mothers’ love language. It is the expression of love from mothers for their babies.
Despite of its nonstandard format, it’s very effective for communication with those, who don’t understand any language. |
