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What's New, Pussycat? On Talking to Babies and Animals

2002; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 296; Issue: 5572 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.1069587

1095-9203

Denis Burnham, Christine Kitamura, Uté Vollmer‐Conna,

Infant Health and Development

When talking to babies, adults invariably use a special speech register characterized by elevated fundamental frequency (pitch), exaggerated intonation contours, and high affect ([1][1], [2][2]). It has also been found that mothers hyperarticulate vowels when addressing their infants but not when