User talk:Kfinsand

Hello, Kierst. Welcome to wikipedia!
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Hi Kierst! This is quite the class activity! Misaacso (talk) 15:43, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

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Baby_talk Kfinsand (talk) 15:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC) Use of baby talk with infants.

Infant Directed Speech Edit
This section includes edits for the article on "baby Talk" ("Infant Directed Speech"). These edits will be posted to that page in the future.

The Wikipedia article on “Baby Talk” or “Infant Directed Speech” describes this practice as the use of high pitched speech with short words to communicate most often with children. In addition, the article outlines alternative names for this method of speech. Possible purposes of “baby talk” include that babies are more likely to respond to this method and prefer to listen to this type of speech. “Baby talk” also aids infants in their ability to learn words as they are usually in simplified forms as well as providing a base for infants to understand the fundamental attributes of language structure. Further, “baby talk” has been linked to the development of the ability of children to ask questions. This article includes a section regarding universality of “baby talk”. However, this particular section needs to be expanded and will be a major site of revision through this project. We hope to include a section on differences by region regarding this topic as well. The article highlights that “baby talk” is not solely used with infants and can be used in communication with foreign language, in a condescending manner, or with pets. This Wikipedia article also includes a list of vocabulary often used in “baby talk” which may need to be condensed. This does not allow the reader to understand the implications or structure of baby talk, rather simply provides a list of examples. We hope to expand this article to include additional specifics about the characteristics of “baby talk”, adding phonology and syntax sections to the vocabulary section, and, finally, add a section outlining the implications of “baby talk” in order to provide a more comprehensive view of effects. This may include, but is not limited to, how “baby talk” impacts word recognition, social preferences, and aids cognitive development. Kfinsand (talk) 14:14, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

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Article Evaluation
Good job getting your points across. Sentences are well constructed and easy to follow. I think maybe instead of retyping "Infant directed speech" give an abbreviation earlier on.

In the Vocab, phonology, syntax section it looks like you are planning to make them sub sections, if not I would suggest doing so just so the organization makes it easier to follow (defines the paragraphs better).

Did you define the CDS abbreviation before you started using it? I knew what it meant but it took me a second to figure it out. Just define it earlier to make it easier for the reader to follow. Also is IDS different from CDS? They seem the same to me. If so, I would stick to one abbreviation.

Overall I thought the article had really good clarity and flowed really well (especially considering you are combining your thoughts, ideas, and writing styles. Watch for word repetition and run on sentences. Mvanfoss (talk) 14:36, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

--- Great job on the article. I think your sentences move fluently through your wikipedia site. I agree with the person above that you might want to divide up the sub sections for the vocab section.

I think maybe clarifying these vocabulary words will help the viewer connect with your article even more.

All in all, I believe you are off to a great start! I think you have amazing writing skills and keep putting more work into it. Good luck! Gmilbrat (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 00:17, 20 April 2012 (UTC).

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