19 JUL 2011 by ideonexus
The Importance of Motherese
The Importance of "Motherese" > Additional Support/Evidence > How Motherese Teaches Babies LanguageThe 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.