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Publication details [#30762]

Haggan, Madeline. 2002. Self-reports and self-delusion regarding the use of Motherese: implications from Kuwaiti adults. Language Sciences 24 (1) : 17–28.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language use | motherese | psycholinguistics | self-deception

Language as a subject

Arabic, Kuwait

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0388-0001

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper argues that studies relying on informants' self-reports regarding the use of Motherese, should not be presented as evidence proving the absence of Motherese in a culture. The examples presented regard self-reports on the use of Motherese in Kuwaiti Arabic.