- published: 21 Mar 2014
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Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech (IDS) or child-directed speech (CDS).
It is usually delivered with a "cooing" pattern of intonation different from that of normal adult speech: high in pitch, with many glissando variations that are more pronounced than those of normal speech. It frequently displays hyperarticulation, which is an increase in the distances between peripheral vowels (such as [i], [u], and [a]). Baby talk is also characterized by the shortening and simplifying of words. Baby talk is similar to what is used by people when talking to their pets (pet-directed speech). When adults talk to each other using baby talk it is generally to either show affection by emulating the fondness shown by adults for children, or as a form of bullying or condescension as children are much less cognitively developed than adults, implying that the adult receiving the baby talk is less intelligent than the adult talking to them.
Well it's time we talked
And I'm not trying to be cute
But I gotta hear some baby talk
To get me in the mood
Aw baby please don't balk
That's not the friendly way to be
Just talk some of that baby talk
Please baby talk to me
Now I go through the day pursuing
All that worldly jive
But it's not until you start your cooing
That I begin to feel alive
Forget this maybe talk
And let the fantasy run free
Lay down some of that baby talk
Please baby talk to me
Now your blue eyes were my undoing
That's a natural fact
But it's your gentle voice coo-cooing
That leads me to a natural act
So let's not squawk
That's not the way it ought to be
Just hit me with some baby talk
And I'm in ecstasy
Because I love it
When you baby talk to me
Please baby talk to me
Please baby talk to me