What is caregiver (or child-directed) speech? (Sometimes also called ""motherese.) Describe some of its characteristics.

Caregiver speech refers to the speech used by adults to communicate with young children.

Explanation:

Carefree speeches are defined as those speeches which are used by small children to communicate or it can be described as one of the modified form that is used by adults to communicate with young children. Carefree speech is also known as baby talks as well as known as motherese.

There are various characteristics of caregiver speech, they are as follows

While giving motherese speech there is increase in repetition of clauses as well as words, in case of motherese speech there is rise in speech. Motherese speech is not used by adults when they do the conversation.