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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)
- (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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