baby talk
usually delivered with a "cooing" pattern of intonation different from that of normal adult speech: high in pitch, with many glissando variations that are more pronounced than those of normal speech
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baby talk
Summary
baby talk ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- baby talk's subclass of is recorded as language[2].
- baby talk's subclass of is recorded as language variety[3].
- baby talk's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jg9y[4].
- baby talk's BBC Things ID is recorded as b40e2400-324b-4370-ac07-71302a794682[5].
- baby talk's Quora topic ID is recorded as Baby-Talk[6].
- baby talk's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as baby-talk[7].
- baby talk's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779872026[8].
- baby talk's New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech ID is recorded as BABY%20TALK[9].
- baby talk's APA Dictionary of Psychology entry is recorded as baby-talk[10].
- baby talk's APA Dictionary of Psychology entry is recorded as infant-directed-speech[11].
Why It Matters
baby talk ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (305 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]