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Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech (IDS) or child-directed speech (CDS).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Does child-directed speech really facilitate the emergence of phonological structure? The case of gemination in Arabic 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 (), (), and ()). 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. * ''Motherese'' and ''parentese'' are more precise terms than ''baby talk'', and perhaps more amenable to computer searches, but are not the terms of choice among child development professionals. Critics of gender stereotyping also prefer it to the term ''motherese'', because all caregivers, not only female parents, use distinct speech patterns and vocabulary when talking to young children. ''Motherese'' can also refer to English spoken in a higher, gentler manner, which is otherwise correct English, as opposed to the non-standard, shortened word forms. *''Child-directed speech'' or ''CDS'' is the term preferred by researchers, psychologists and child development professionals. *''Infant Directed Speech'' is also used, and abbreviated as IDS. *''Caregiver language'' is also sometimes used. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「baby talk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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