Caretaker speech

Read Moskowitz Lennenberg Fromkin Article and answer the following,
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Moskowitz, Questions 1 & 2 (Clark, 639)
What are the characteristics of "caretaker speech"? Why is its use important to children in their acquisition of language? How has the recognition of caretaker speech modified linguists' thinking about the process of language acquisition?

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