The Impact of Baby Talk on Infant Language Development
TL;DR
A meta-analysis confirms that adults exaggerate vowel sounds in infant-directed speech across at least 10 languages, suggesting this hyperarticulation may aid infant language learning, though methodological differences and small sample sizes in studies call for more robust cross-cultural research.
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