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Jonathan H 12MK 15/01/2003 Motherese 'Motherese' is known as 'Caretaker speech' or 'Parentese'; this is an important part of language acquisition. According to Sara Thorne's mastering advanced English language. Motherese means: the 'altered interaction of adults towards children'. Motherese is an important part of bringing up children. Because it gives children specific opportunities to take part in the discourse of speaking. In Motherese utterances are simplified; notation patterns are distinctive; extra information is given for clarification and questions invite direct participation. Adults will often expand on a child's speech and correct what they have said, For example: A child says "where my toys gone" and the parent corrects the child saying "where have my toys gone." Motherese differs quite markedly from speech between two adults. In Motherese these key features are apparent: *Vocabulary is simplified so that concrete objects are named in broad categories, for example: dog rather than spaniel or Labrador. Ball rather than football,...

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