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Why do couples use baby talk with one another?

  • Written by Ramesh Kaipa, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Oklahoma State University
imageBaby talk is cute when used with babies. But when adults converse with each other? Not so much.Justin Case/Getty Images

Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle sugar pwum” and “baby doll.”

“Ewwww,” you might reflexively...

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