Definitions for baby talk
baby talk

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. baby talk, babytalk, motheresenoun

   an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child

2. baby talk, babytalknoun

   the developing speech of a young child

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1. baby talknoun

   The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.

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1. Baby talk

   Baby Talk is a 1985 freestyle dance/pop single by Alisha. Originally recorded and released by Gregg Brown in 1984, Alisha's version was popular in the dance clubs and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart in December 1985.

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1. baby talk

   Baby talk, also known as infant-directed speech or motherese, refers to the simplified and exaggerated speech or language patterns used by adults when communicating with infants or young children. This may involve the use of simple vocabulary, shorter sentences, repetition, exaggerated intonation, and slower speech rate. Studies suggest that this kind of speech helps babies in language learning and emotional engagement.

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1. Baby talk

   Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech or child-directed speech and informally as "motherese", "parentese", "mommy talk", or "daddy talk" is a nonstandard form of speech used by adults in talking to toddlers and infants. It is usually delivered with a "cooing" pattern of intonation different from that of normal adult speech: high in pitch, with many glissando variations that are more pronounced than those of normal speech. It frequently displays hyperarticulation, a measure of clear speech defined by having large amounts of acoustic space between vowels as measured by formants. Baby talk is also characterized by the shortening and simplifying of words. Baby talk is similar to what is used by people when talking to their pets, and between adults as a form of affection, intimacy, bullying or condescension.

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1. baby talk

   Song lyrics by baby talk -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by baby talk on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Non-standard Speech

How to pronounce baby talk?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say baby talk in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of baby talk in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of baby talk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of baby talk in a Sentence

1. Lisa Marie Presley:

   I was always ready to greet him at the door and pamper him, i loved taking care of Elvis very much. I loved tending to him. I loved feeding him. We would baby talk because you have to have your own language when you have that many people around. It was a good life. It was different, but it was ours.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=baby talk
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Baby_Talk
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Talk
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=baby talk