CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH

CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH

DEFINITION; know as "motherese, caretaker speech" + sometimes "fatherese". It refers to the ways in which adults speak to young children.

PHONOLOGICAL FEATURES

• EXAGGERATED INTONATIONS, STRESS ON WORDS
• HIGHER PITCH
• REPETITION
• SLOWER PACE
• LONGER PAUSES

LEXICAL FEATURES

• SIMPLE VOCABULARY
• REDUPLICATION
• DIMINUTIVES
• LEXICAL CHOICE FOCUS

GRAMMATICAL FEATURES

• SIMPLE…