child-directed speech
Americannoun
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“Books contain a more diverse set of words than child-directed speech,” said the lead author, Jessica Montag, an assistant research psychologist at the University of California Riverside.
From New York Times
Next, Fernald tucked recorders into T-shirts of low-income toddlers in Spanish-speaking households to determine what they heard all day -- and found remarkable differences in what's called child-directed speech.
From Seattle Times
One child heard more than 12,000 words of child-directed speech in a day, while another heard a mere 670 words, she found.
From Seattle Times
The youngsters who received more child-directed speech processed language more efficiently and learned words more quickly, she reported.
From Seattle Times
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