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| | Baby talk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Baby talk, motherese, parentese, or child-directed speech (CDS) is a non-standard form of speech used by adults, particularly mothers, in talking to toddlers and infants. |
 | | Baby talk is also used by pet owners when talking to their pets, and between adults as a form of affectionate intimacy. |
 | | Motherese is more precise than baby talk, and perhaps more amenable to computer searches, but is disliked by child development professionals (and by critics of gender stereotyping) because all caregivers, not just mothers, use distinct speech patterns and vocabulary when talking to young children. |
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