Mutterisch

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German

Etymology

Mutter +‎ -isch

Proper noun

Mutterisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Mutterisch or Mutterischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Mutterische, alternative genitive Mutterischen, no plural)

  1. (uncommon) motherese
    Synonym: Ammensprache
    • 2009, Werner Volkert, Die Kindertagesstätte als Bildungseinrichtung: Neue Konzepte zur Professionalisierung in der Pädagogik der frühen Kindheit, Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, page 30:
      Mutterisch wird als kindliche Sprache verstanden, die – stark überbetont – Vorgänge wiederholend beschreibt. Überhaupt ist Sprache eine zentrale Erkenntnisquelle für Kinder.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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