| 词汇 | motherese |
| 释义 | motherese noun[ U ] language specializeduk /ˌmʌð.əˈriːz/ us /ˌmʌð.ɚˈiːz/ the simple form of language mothers often use when talking to their babies: 母亲用语（指母亲跟幼儿交流时用的类似幼儿语的语言） the special sing-song way in which parents vocalize to their infants, known as "baby talk" or motherese 父母对婴儿说话时发出的简单音节，称为“婴儿语”或母亲用语 Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic turn of phrase undertone wax witter Examples of motheresemotherese This includes vocal behavior that is clearly directed at the infant, which is the criterion she uses to describe and define the characteristics of motherese. Falk is right that the phonetic aspects of motherese are derived from primate vocalizations. Where it occurs, baby talk or motherese is commonly assumed to simplify language learning and to contribute to the linguistic development of children. The origins of spoken motherese are as clouded with mystery as are the origins of speech. Thus, parents unconsciously establish eye contact with infants and then use motherese to maintain joint attention. Therefore, it could be that, alongside motherese, song plays a far more important role than hitherto realized. In avoiding that question, we have missed the most logical link between motherese and language learning. Motherese could be an aspect of language at the crossing or at the origin of communicative and cognitive content. Graded teacher-talk in the classroom, motherese, international business negotiations between nonnative speakers and scripted television soap operas would all be classified as authentic. This form of speech has come to be known as infant-directed, or motherese. Like motherese, syntax is a handy tool to have, but you can get along fine without it. That is to say, without motherese there would perhaps be no language at all. It is relational, and, like motherese (which is but one element in the engagement), it has developmental benefits and adaptive implications. It is possible that motherese illustrates one aspect of human language besides other aspects involving communicative as well as cognitive processes. The second is that motherese developed to control the behavior of nonambulatory infants. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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