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baby talk
baby talkn.1. See child-directed speech.2. Simplified speech similar to child-directed speech, used by adults when speaking to others besides children, as to display affection or to belittle the intelligence of the listener.3. Speech produced by young children that displays the syntactic, morphological, and phonetic imperfections typical of young children learning language.4. Oversimplified speech or writing.baby talk n 1. the speech of very young children learning to talk 2. an adult's imitation of this ba′by talk`
n. 1. the speech of children learning to talk, marked esp. by syntactic simplification and phonetic modifications like omission and substitution of sounds. 2. a style of speech used by adults in imitation of this, esp. in addressing young children. [1830–40] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  baby talk - an adult's imitation of the speech of a young childbabytalk, motheresenon-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community | | 2. |  baby talk - the developing speech of a young childbabytalknon-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
TranslationsBaby Talk
The acquisition of language skills by a baby, which occurs in 5 overlapping stages
(1) phonation—humming with the mouth closed (up to 2 months)
(2) primitive articulation—use of tongue and jaw to form new sounds (1 to 4 months)
(3) expansion—squeals, screeches, whispers, seemingly exploring the range of sounds, pitch, and amplitude—e.g., growls, ‘raspberries’ (3 to 8 months)
(4) babbling—the formation of Baby’s first syllables—da-da-da-da, ma-ma-ma-ma, etc. (5 to 10 months)
(5) sophisticated babbling—the stringing together of various syllables and meaningless sounds which have the rhythm and pacing of real sentences (9 to 18 months)AcronymsSeeBTbaby talk
Synonyms for baby talknoun an adult's imitation of the speech of a young childSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the developing speech of a young childSynonymsRelated Words |