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Publication details [#3205]

Ferguson, Charles A. 1964. Baby talk in six languages. American Anthropologist 66 (6-2) : 103–114.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
baby talk
Language as a subject
Arabic | Comanche | English | Gilyak | Marathi | Spanish

Annotation

On baby talk (a form of language regarded as appropriate for talking to young children) in Arabic, Marathi, Comanche, Gilyak, English, and Spanish. The intention is to initiate cross-language studies of marginal phenomena of this kind.