A study by the University of York and Aarhus University has revealed that baby talk displays similar properties across 36 languages.
‘Baby talk’ or infant directed speech (IDS) refers to the way caregivers talk to young infants, and generally includes a high-pitched, slow-paced, animated speech.
This spontaneous, automatic and intuitive way of speaking has been studied for decades to understand why human beings communicate in this way with infants and what it might suggest about child development.
The York and Aarhus team addressed the question of whether IDS had a universal quality….READ FULL
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