On Jul 9, 2006, at 1:41 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Incidentally, I vaguely remember reading someplace lately that
> there is
> a rationale (which I forget now) for using baby-talk to infants.
Well, they do seem to respond to it. I read of some research showing that adults generally raise their voice an octave when talking to an infant, and than infants prefer higher-pitched voices. It doesn't come easily to me, I tell ya.
Doug