Baby-Directed Speech (AUDIO)

Princeton University

Caption

A mother speaks to her baby at the Princeton Baby Lab, illustrating the shifts in pitch, cadence and timbre between regular speech and "motherese."

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Courtesy of Elise Piazza/Princeton Baby Lab/Princeton University

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