Baby-talk meaning

Simplified speech similar to child-directed speech, used by adults when speaking to others besides children, as to display affection or to belittle the intelligence of the listener.
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Speech produced by young children that displays the syntactic, morphological, and phonetic imperfections typical of young children learning language.
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Oversimplified speech or writing.
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Playful, often nonsensical talk used to amuse or imitate a baby.
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The form of speech used by adults in talking to very young children.
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Sentence Examples

  • Episode 4 (27 SEP 76) Baby Talk Mildred has become very broody.

  • A traditional shower is fine if you're into tradition, but some of your single friends will probably be pretty bored by all the baby talk.

  • Babies Online offers numerous freebies for babies of all ages, including free one-year subscriptions to Baby Talk Magazine and American Baby Magazine.

  • Symptoms of emotional upset includes regressive behaviors like bedwetting or baby-talk, increased aggression, increased fearfulness and sudden disobedience.

  • "The (Not So) Great American Baby Diet: A New Study Sheds Light on What Our Babies and Toddlers are Eating Today-And How You Can Improve Their Diet for Tomorrow" Baby Talk 69 (February 1, 2004): 45.

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