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Four-month-old infants prefer to listen to motherese

Fernald, Anne·1985·Infant Behavior and Development

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  • The universal speaking style used by caretakers around the world when addressing infants (motherese/parentese) is preferred over adult-directed speech by infants given a choice.

    “The universal speaking style used by caretakers around the world when they address infants, often called “motherese” or “parentese” (102), has been shown to be preferred over adult-directed speech by infants given a choice (103, 104).”

    From A new view of language acquisition (2000) · cites this paper as [103]

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Authors
Fernald, A.
Affiliations
University of Oregon (US)
Corresponding author
Fernald, Anne
Venue
Infant Behavior and Development
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1985-04
Volume
8
Issue
2
Pages
181-195
ISSN
0163-6383 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2079408923
Cited by
1,015
References
49
Citations by year
2026: 13 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 67 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 63 · 2018: 29 · 2017: 39 · 2016: 58 · 2015: 28 · 2014: 39 · 2013: 49 · 2012: 32
FWCI
8.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Infant Behavior and Development (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
child-directed speech, infant-directed speech, speech registers, adult-directed speech, infant language development

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