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When I was a kid, I hated being talked to as a kid. I don't know if all kids feel that way, but I seem to remember awful things in the crib, something like people doing baby talk in the crib and sticking their big, fat faces in there and scaring me. So I always talk to kids as if they were a person.
Michael Feldman

Meaning of "baby talk" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BABY TALK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BABY TALK

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Baby talk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BABY TALK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Baby talk

Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech or child-directed speech and informally as "motherese", "parentese", "mommy talk", or "daddy talk" is a nonstandard form of speech used by adults in talking to toddlers and infants. 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, a measure of clear speech defined by having large amounts of acoustic space between vowels as measured by formants. 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. 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 the adult receiving speech delivered in baby talk is less intelligent than the adult talking to them.

Definition of baby talk in the English dictionary

The definition of baby talk in the dictionary is the speech of very young children learning to talk. Other definition of baby talk is an adult's imitation of this.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BABY TALK

baby carrier
baby doll
baby doll nightie
baby elephant
baby food
baby girl
baby grand
baby Jesus
baby linen
baby lotion
baby milk
baby monitor
baby oil
baby seat
baby sister
baby sling
baby snatcher
baby teeth
baby tooth
baby wipe

WORDS THAT END LIKE BABY TALK

back talk
bro talk
chalk and talk
chalk talk
double talk
fast talk
jive talk
old talk
pep talk
pillow talk
sales talk
smack talk
small talk
stalk
sweet talk
table talk
talk
talk the talk
you can talk
you can´t talk

Synonyms and antonyms of baby talk in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «baby talk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BABY TALK

Find out the translation of baby talk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of baby talk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «baby talk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

宝宝说话
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lenguaje infantil
570 millions of speakers

English

baby talk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बच्चा बात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حديث الطفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

детский лепет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conversa de bebê
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিশুকথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

langage de bébé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ceramah bayi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Babysprache
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

赤ちゃん言葉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아기 이야기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bayi ngomong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bé nói chuyện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தை பேச்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाळ चर्चा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bebek konuşması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

linguaggio infantile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyskusja dziecko
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дитячий лепет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Discuție copil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Συζήτηση μωρό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

baby talk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

barnspråk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

babyspråk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of baby talk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BABY TALK»

The term «baby talk» is regularly used and occupies the 83.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about baby talk

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Michael Feldman
When I was a kid, I hated being talked to as a kid. I don't know if all kids feel that way, but I seem to remember awful things in the crib, something like people doing baby talk in the crib and sticking their big, fat faces in there and scaring me. So I always talk to kids as if they were a person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BABY TALK»

Discover the use of baby talk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to baby talk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Baby Talk
Young children can lift the flaps to see a variety of baby's expressions. On board pages.
DK Publishing, Dawn Sirett, 2005
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Baby Talk
Joey finds that he can connect with his new baby brother by speaking his own special language with him.
Fred Hiatt, Mark Graham, 1999
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Baby! Talk!
BABY! TALK! is an innovative board book that encourages babies to communicate verbally and through body language with photographs that Baby will want to look at again and again.
‎2000
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Baby Talk: A Book of First Words and Phrases
Rhyming text describes the the activities in a baby's day and the words he says while going to the playground, eating dinner, and taking a bath.
Judy Hindley, 2006
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Beyond Baby Talk: From Sounds to Sentences : a Parent's ...
Shows parents how to evaluate and monitor their child's language development from birth through age five, explains how to handle environmental impacts such as television and cultural styles, and how to recognize signs of problems.
Kenn Ph. D. Apel, Julie J. Masterson, 2001
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Baby Talk
Smitten by his own granddaughters, Tom reflects on the lifetime contract that is inked at the moment of a birth. From “the big day” to all the “firsts” of life, this story takes the reader on a journey like no other.
Tom Hegg, 2013
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Helping Baby Talk
Helping Baby Talk helps teach parents the proper techniques they should use in talking to their children, allowing speech to develop spontaneously.
Lorraine Rocissano, Jean Fitzpatrick-Grasso, 1994
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Help your baby talk: introducing the shared communication ...
A leading expert in the field of language development offers a series of practical, effective, and entertaining techniques to help build mental, social, and communication skills in children up to age two and includes more than two hundred ...
Robert E. Owens, Leah Feldon, 2004
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Beyond Baby Talk: From Speaking to Spelling: A Guide to ...
So what are the best ways to help your child develop the all-important skill of communication? Fun, easy, and engaging, this book shows you how!
Kenn Apel, Ph.D., Julie Masterson, Ph.D., 2012
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Baby Talk
Shows parents how to watch, listen, play, and interact with their babies and explains what to expect at different stages of a baby's growth, what baby's babble really means, how to tame the terrible twos, and how to create conversations.
Monica Devine, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BABY TALK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term baby talk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Daughters of Hanford: 'Translating' Cleanup And America's Nuclear …
She can shift effortlessly between baby talk and the mother tongue of nuclear waste cleanup: acronyms. Like “the nerd wall” -- the NRDWL. «KUOW News and Information, Jul 15»
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Today's Editorial: Cheers
Kudos are also due to her parents, Scott Inch and Erica Stiefel-Inch, who encouraged their daughter to use real-world language, not baby talk, ... «Sunbury Daily Item, Jul 15»
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Big Brother 17 Updates "Lockdown Inside" 1:30 PM BBT, Saturday …
They did restock for him but Jason says mimicking him, he probably went in all talking baby talk. He says that they need to leave it for the have ... «TVGrapevine.com, Jul 15»
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Stop the Boats, Death Cult: why slogans are the lowest form of …
Politics dumbed down to a form of baby talk. At best trenchant, at worst terrifying. What all slogans, chants, placards and political bumper ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Greer Berry: Decoding the baby babble
We already have a few words that we baby talk (even, shame, sometimes slip out amongst our adult networks) so we've become conscious that ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Woman gets lost, gives birth and starts a forest fire to get rescued
Monica Beyer is a mom of four and has been writing professionally since 2000, when her first book, Baby Talk, was published. Her main area of ... «SheKnows.com, Jul 15»
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Decatur Earthmover Credit Union Names “Charity of the Year”
DECATUR – Decatur Earthmover Credit Union has named Baby TALK its “Charity of the Year” and will present the organization a check on ... «WAND, Jun 15»
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Baby Talk | Seeing babies undergo drug withdrawal more common
It has recently been reported that for the first time in the history of our country that our children do not have the same predicted life span that ... «Bradenton Herald, Jun 15»
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Water Fights and Grown-Up Talk: How Dads Do It Differently
may be words that would rarely come out of a Dad's mouth: Men don't typically baby talk, according to a study presented in May at the meeting ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
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Day of Celebration at Baby TALK
DECATUR – It's a day of celebration at Decatur's Baby TALK. Today marks Baby TALK Head Start's fifth anniversary. It is also Head Start's 50th ... «WAND, Jun 15»

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