Definitions for baby talk
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ba′by talk`(n.)
the speech of children learning to talk, marked esp. by syntactic simplification and phonetic modifications like omission and substitution of sounds.
Category: Language/Linguistics
a style of speech used by adults in imitation of this, esp. in addressing young children.
Category: Language/Linguistics
Origin of baby talk:
1830–40
Princeton's WordNet
baby talk, babytalk, motherese(noun)
an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child
baby talk, babytalk(noun)
the developing speech of a young child
Wiktionary
baby talk(Noun)
The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
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