Baby talk

Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech (IDS) or child-directed speech (CDS).

It is 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. It frequently displays hyperarticulation, which is an increase in the distances between peripheral vowels (such as [i], [u], and [a]). Baby talk is also characterized by the shortening and simplifying of words. Baby talk is similar to what is used by people when talking to their pets (pet-directed speech). When adults talk to each other using baby talk it is generally to either show affection by emulating the fondness shown by adults for children, or as a form of bullying or condescension as children are much less cognitively developed than adults, implying that the adult receiving the baby talk is less intelligent than the adult talking to them.

Terminology

  • The first documented use of the word baby-talk, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was in 1836.
  • Baby talk (disambiguation)

    Baby talk is a simplified form of language used by adults when speaking to babies.

    Baby talk may also refer to:

    Speech of babies

  • Babbling, a stage where an infant utters sounds of language, but not yet any recognizable words
  • Baby language, the language of babies
  • Infantile speech, a speech disorder
  • Media and entertainment

  • Babytalk (magazine), an American magazine targeted at new parents
  • Baby Talk (TV series), a 1991 American sitcom
  • "Baby Talk" (Jan and Dean song), 1959
  • "Baby Talk" (Alisha song), 1986
  • "Baby Talk" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2010 sixth-season episode How I Met Your Mother
  • Baby Talk (Alisha song)

    "Baby Talk" is a 1985 freestyle dance/pop single by Alisha. Originally recorded and released by Gregg Brown in 1984, Alisha's version was popular in the dance clubs and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart in December 1985.

    Background and chart performance

    "Baby Talk" was written by singer-songwriter Greg Brown and Logankoya. It was originally a single performed by Brown, released in the UK in 1984 on Beau-Jolly Records. Alisha's version was produced by Mark S. Berry and released on Vanguard Records in September 1985 as the third single from her debut album Alisha. "Baby Talk" became Alisha's most successful single to date, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance charts in the final week of December 1985. The single crossed over to the Hot 100 charts reaching No. 68 in February 1986, and on the Hot Black Singles chart, peaking at No. 75. It was also released in the UK on Total Control Records, and reached No. 67 on the UK Singles Chart.

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    Baby Talk

    by: Dave's True Story

    Well it's time we talked
    And I'm not trying to be cute
    But I gotta hear some baby talk
    To get me in the mood
    Aw baby please don't balk
    That's not the friendly way to be
    Just talk some of that baby talk
    Please baby talk to me
    Now I go through the day pursuing
    All that worldly jive
    But it's not until you start your cooing
    That I begin to feel alive
    Forget this maybe talk
    And let the fantasy run free
    Lay down some of that baby talk
    Please baby talk to me
    Now your blue eyes were my undoing
    That's a natural fact
    But it's your gentle voice coo-cooing
    That leads me to a natural act
    So let's not squawk
    That's not the way it ought to be
    Just hit me with some baby talk
    And I'm in ecstasy
    Because I love it
    When you baby talk to me
    Please baby talk to me
    Please baby talk to me




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