Comments on: Do You Speak Motherese? http://mothereseblog.com Thu, 17 May 2012 00:51:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kristen @ Motherese http://mothereseblog.com/what-is-motherese/#comment-16 Kristen @ Motherese Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:17:27 +0000 http://mothereseblog.com/?page_id=25#comment-16 Hi Kevin - Speaking "motherese" to a nine-year-old would also strike me as odd. (I wonder how the child reacts.) I have no professional qualifications in child development or linguistics, just experience as a parent. I will say that I don't use motherese with my three-year-old at all and use much less of it with my 18-month-old than I did when he was younger. I guess I would look at it as an equation: as my children mastered language, I used less motherese and more standard English. Of course, none of that was planned; it was just the way it worked out. Thanks for stopping by! Hi Kevin – Speaking “motherese” to a nine-year-old would also strike me as odd. (I wonder how the child reacts.) I have no professional qualifications in child development or linguistics, just experience as a parent. I will say that I don’t use motherese with my three-year-old at all and use much less of it with my 18-month-old than I did when he was younger. I guess I would look at it as an equation: as my children mastered language, I used less motherese and more standard English. Of course, none of that was planned; it was just the way it worked out.

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]]> By: kevin http://mothereseblog.com/what-is-motherese/#comment-15 kevin Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:18:18 +0000 http://mothereseblog.com/?page_id=25#comment-15 Hi, I found your blog while searching for 'motherese', and while I realize your site isn't about the linguistic meaning of 'motherese', perhaps you have an opinion. Specifically, when should parents quit speaking to children with the sing-song voice and drawn-out vowels characteristic of child-directed speech? I know someone who speaks to a 9-year-old that way; I think it is infantilizing the child. Any thoughts? Hi, I found your blog while searching for ‘motherese’, and while I realize your site isn’t about the linguistic meaning of ‘motherese’, perhaps you have an opinion. Specifically, when should parents quit speaking to children with the sing-song voice and drawn-out vowels characteristic of child-directed speech? I know someone who speaks to a 9-year-old that way; I think it is infantilizing the child. Any thoughts?

]]> By: Laura Dekkers http://mothereseblog.com/what-is-motherese/#comment-14 Laura Dekkers Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:05:18 +0000 http://mothereseblog.com/?page_id=25#comment-14 So glad I found this! So glad I found this!

]]> By: Haiku Friday « Fluffy Bunnies http://mothereseblog.com/what-is-motherese/#comment-13 Haiku Friday « Fluffy Bunnies Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:43:53 +0000 http://mothereseblog.com/?page_id=25#comment-13 [...] Better yet, stop by. I’m visiting Kristen’s place. On tap: Motherese. [...] [...] Better yet, stop by. I’m visiting Kristen’s place. On tap: Motherese. [...]

]]> By: Organic Motherhood with Cool Whip http://mothereseblog.com/what-is-motherese/#comment-12 Organic Motherhood with Cool Whip Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:53:47 +0000 http://mothereseblog.com/?page_id=25#comment-12 Love it!!!! You have an awesome blog. Glad I got introduced to you through Jane. Love it!!!! You have an awesome blog. Glad I got introduced to you through Jane.

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