child-directed speech

[ chahyld-di-rek-tid, ‑dahy- ]

noun

1. baby talk ( def 2 ).

Example Sentences

“Books contain a more diverse set of words than child-directed speech,” said the lead author, Jessica Montag, an assistant research psychologist at the University of California Riverside.

From New York Times

Next, Fernald tucked recorders into T-shirts of low-income toddlers in Spanish-speaking households to determine what they heard all day -- and found remarkable differences in what's called child-directed speech.

From Seattle Times

One child heard more than 12,000 words of child-directed speech in a day, while another heard a mere 670 words, she found.

From Seattle Times

The youngsters who received more child-directed speech processed language more efficiently and learned words more quickly, she reported.

From Seattle Times