References

To learn more about the benefits of IDS....

Burnham, D. (2016, October 20). Why baby talk is good for your baby. American Council on Science and Health. Retrieved from https://www.acsh.org/news/2016/10/11/why-baby-talk-good-your-baby-10282

Handwerk, B. (2015, May 28). The many ways baby talk gives infant brains a boost. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/many-ways-baby-talk-gives-boost-infant-brains-180955435/


To read more about some research that has been conducted on IDS.....


BBC [BBC Earth Lab]. (2018, December 10). What Happens to Babies’ Brains when You Speak Parentese? | Babies: Their Wonderful World | Earth Lab [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA0KoMk3ulQ


Cooper, R. P., & Aslin, R. N. (1990). Preference for Infant-Directed Speech in the First Month after Birth. Child Development, 61(5), 1584. https://doi.org/10.2307/1130766


Institute for Learning and Brain Science [I-LABS UW]. (2020, February 4). Motherese Sample [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PosduyO5ww&t=1s

Fathers infant-directed speech in a ... - wiley online library. (n.d.). Retrieved April 1, 2022, from https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.12768

Ota, M., Davies‐Jenkins, N., & Skarabela, B. (2018). Why choo‐choo is better than train: The role of register‐specific words in early vocabulary growth. Cognitive Science, 42(6), 1974–1999. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12628

Pegg, J. E., Werker, J. F., & McLeod, P. J. (1992). Preference for infant-directed over adult-directed speech: Evidence from 7-week-old infants. Infant Behavior and Development, 15(3), 325–345. https://doi.org/10.1016/0163-6383(92)80003-d

Smith, N. A., & Trainor, L. J. (2008). Infant-Directed Speech Is Modulated by Infant Feedback. Infancy, 13(4), 410–420. https://doi.org/10.1080/15250000802188719

Thiessen, E. D., Hill, E. A., & Saffran, J. R. (2005). Infant-Directed Speech Facilitates Word Segmentation. Infancy, 7(1), 53–71. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327078in0701_5

Trainor, L. J., & Desjardins, R. N. (2002). Pitch characteristics of infant-directed speech affect infants’ ability to discriminate vowels. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9(2), 335–340. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196290

Links to some videos in the examples section....


Cincinnati Children’s. (2021, May 26). Child-Directed Speech (SHARE/STEP Method) | Cincinnati Children’s [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJipPVzFeCw&t=1s


CR88103. (2013, February 10). Infant-Directed Speech (Cooper) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSCXMfeo74Q&feature=emb_logo

BoysTownHospital, director. Animated Sign Language - Visual Motherese . YouTube, YouTube, 26 Oct. 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wf-yUk4b0&t=2s. Accessed 15 Apr. 2022.

Pressman, Aliza [Mount Sinai Parenting Center]. (2016, November). Sportscasting and Parentese [Video]. Vimeo. https://parenting.mountsinai.org/parent-guides/parentese-and-sportscasting/

Class Content Citation

Syrett, K. (2022). Rutgers University Language Development course 01:615:440.