infant-directed child speech

[John Limber]

As someone suggested in response to another question recently, the Wells
data set in CHILDES, with systematic radio sampling of a large sample of
children over time can answer many important questions (within the limits of
those British families included.)
--
John Limber
Durham NH



> From: Margaret Fleck <mfleck at cs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:40:35 -0500
> To: <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
> Subject: infant-directed child speech
>
>
> What's known about infant-directed child speech, e.g. as potential input to
> child language learners?   The amount of such speech presumably varies
> a lot.   However, when it occurs, it seems like it's very different
> from either motherese or background adult-adult speech.
>
>
> Margaret Fleck
> (U. Illinois)
>