Lack of motherese

[Katie Alcock]

It's a bit difficult to find references on a lack of something!  Does
anyone have any references on cultures that appear to lack the
typical features of motherese (altered intonation, simplified
grammar) in adult-infant interactions?  Or that appear to lack this
type of communication altogether?

Have any of these references subsequently proved to be unreliable?
 I seem to remember some such claims.  Are others a little over-
interpreted - for example though I can't remember where it was from
I think I read some idea that babies who are carried on the back/hip
are not talked to - whereas both these features are common in sub-
Saharan African cultures.

Thanks

Katie Alcock
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