Come parlate quando avete un neonato o una neonata in braccio? Se fate delle vocette acute e imbarazzanti siete in buona compagnia con la quasi totalità degli esseri umani. In questa puntata parliamo del "baby talk" e di che cos’è, e proviamo a vedere perché lo usiamo e perché piace tanto ai cuccioli di homo sapiens.

L'audio del baby talk preso dal canale Youtube di https://reachoutandread.org/

La sigla è stata prodotta da White Hot e fornita da https://freebeats.io

Grafiche: Gianluca La Bruna

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