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(Baby)Talk to Me: The Social Context of Infant-Directed Speech and Its Effects on Early Language Acquisition

Roberta Michnick Golinkoff [email protected], Dilara Deniz Can, Melanie Soderstrom, and Kathy Hirsh-PasekView all authors and affiliations
Volume 24, Issue 5
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721415595345

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Since the mid-20th century, scientists have observed unique features in speech, facial expression, and content directed to infants and toddlers in comparison to speech directed to adults. Whereas much research has studied the characteristics of so-called infant-directed speech and speculated about its significance for language learning, research directly testing these ideas has been more limited until recently. Studies now suggest that infant-directed speech (a) promotes infant attention to language, (b) fosters social interaction between infants and caregivers, and (c) informs infants about various aspects of their native language by heightening distinctions relative to the speech addressed to adults. New developments focusing on the social role of infant-directed conversational interactions highlight the importance of caregiver responsiveness to the infant. Building a communicative foundation even prior to the time language emerges is crucial for fostering language development.

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Volume 24, Issue 5
Pages: 339 - 344
Article first published online: October 9, 2015
Issue published: October 2015

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  1. language development
  2. infancy
  3. mother-infant interaction
  4. infant-directed speech

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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
School of Education, University of Delaware
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Dilara Deniz Can
Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, University of Washington
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Melanie Soderstrom
Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Department of Psychology, Temple University
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Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, School of Education, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 E-mail: [email protected]

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