motherese

Meaning of motherese

  1. A way of speech used by parents, particularly mothers, when talking to toddlers and infants. It uses a higher-pitched, warm voice, slow speed, and simplified vocabulary and grammar.
  2. A non-standard form of language used by adults when talking to toddlers and infants which is characterized by high pitch, reduced syntactic complexity and simplified vocabulary.

Information about motherese

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Hyphenation of motherese

moth-erese

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • motherese is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of motherese

threesome

Words that rhyme with motherese

Rese, Barbarese, Canarese, Ferrarese, Hararese, Kanarese, Macassarese, Makasarese, Makassarese, Malabarese, Nicobarese, Tocharese, Varese, kanarese, Calabrese, calabrese, medrese, Hoosierese, Tenggerese, Terese, Therese, computerese, newspaperese, therese, grese, Sangirese, zairese, Timorese, electrophorese, translatorese, imprese, Navarrese, gastrese, Alfurese, Madurese, diurese

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