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SUBMITTER: Soderstrom M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440885 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Soderstrom Melanie M Casillas Marisa M Gornik Megan M Bouchard Alexis A MacEwan Sarah S Shokrkon Anahita A Bunce John J
Frontiers in psychology 20210901
Child-directed speech, as a specialized form of speech directed toward young children, has been found across numerous languages around the world and has been suggested as a universal feature of human experience. However, variation in its implementation and the extent to which it is culturally supported has called its universality into question. Child-directed speech has also been posited to be associated with expression of positive affect or "happy talk." Here, we examined Canadian English-speak ...[more]