A Survey of Researches on Child Directed Speech
Gao Yan-li · Journal of Yuxi Normal University · 2012
Child directed speech(CDS) is simplified items used by caretakers(mostly the mother) in their communication with children.It is the main input in children's language acquisition.This paper makes a survey on perspectives,methods,and conclusions of researches on CDS carried out by linguistics at home and abroad.Their studies include features of CDS,influencing factors of these features,function of caretaker's speech in child's acquisition of lexicons,and the presence of noun or verb inclination in CDS.