Who’s a good boy?! Dogs prefer naturalistic dog-directed speech
Alex Benjamin
University of York
Infant-directed speech (IDS) is a special speech register thought to aid language acquisition and improve affiliation in human infants. Although IDS shares some of its properties with dog-directed speech (DDS), it is unclear whether the production of DDS is functional, or simply an overgeneralisation of IDS within Western cultures. Alex Benjamin discusses.
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