| 单词 | motherese |
| 释义 | motherese (once / 11819311 pages) n WORD FAMILY motherese USAGE EXAMPLES"Baby talk", sometimes referred to as "Motherese", has exaggerated, attention-catching cadences, which are attractive to babies and young children. BBC(May 20, 2015) They found that mothers do indeed adopt “motherese” when addressing their preschoolers, but fathers did not—even those who spent more time with their children. Time(May 19, 2015) Kuhl told me, “Motherese, when you combine that with being one on one with a baby, is dynamite for language development.” The New Yorker(Jan 05, 2015) n an adult's imitation of the speech of a young child Syn|Hyper baby talk, babytalk non-standard speech speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community |
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