How far can babies be said to using language during the first year of their lives?
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mariotime123 (student)
How far can babies be said to be using language during the first year of their lives? On the one hand, it can be said that baby’s speech development can be improved greatly if the mother uses the correct learning techniques such as; CDS. Child Directed Speech is the name given to the form of language used by mothers or primary caregivers to babies, this can also be called ‘Motherese’. In many cases, this can involve the mother teaching the child basic conversational structure, she could do this by making constant eye contact with the baby when communication is occurring. The mother will also use rhetorical questions such as; “Are you hungry?” These are rhetorical as the baby cannot correctly respond however, by doing this she is teaching the