19 JUL 2011 by ideonexus

 The Importance of Motherese

The Importance of "Motherese" > Additional Support/Evidence > How Motherese Teaches Babies Language
The slow, repetitive, simplistic intonations of motherese crosses cultures and genders and helps babies to learn the sounds of their culture's language so they may pluck the individual words out of the unbroken strings of sounds that comprise sentences.