Children have very precise expectations about adults' communicative actions

(Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Barcelona) Adults talk to babies differently from how we would speak to other adults. Compared to how adults speak, speech directed at babies tends to have a higher, more varied pitch, greater positive affectation, it is slower and involves shorter phrases. The characteristics of this speech targeting babies has been studied extensively and it has been found that it is a common feature of different cultures.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news