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Peer reviewedRatner, Nan Bernstein; Pye, Clifton – Journal of Child Language, 1984
Compares and analyzes speech samples of Mayan and American mothers addressing their infant children. Results indicate that although higher pitch has been described as a universal feature of baby talk registers worldwide, the Mayan mothers do not utilize this feature. It is suggested that pitch-raising strategies may be sociolinguistically…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Infants, Language Research
