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Motherese
Motherese is also referred to as Child-directed speech or Infant-directed speech which is the kind of speech that mothers and others produce when talking to infants and young children. It is characterized by an average higher pitch, a wider pitch range, longer pauses, and shorter phrases than speech addressed to adults.
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