Question

​Barry walks up to his nine-month-old son and says (very slowly and with major fluctuations in his voice’s pitch and loudness), "Ohhhhhhhhh, are you Daddy’s little baaaaaaaby?" Barry is illustrating

a. scaffolding.
b. telegraphic speech.
c. overextension.
d. infant-directed speech

Answer 1

Option (d) infant-directed speech

Step-by-step explanation:

The infant-directed speech is a sort of speech in which the speech of the speaker is characterized by the slow rate of speaking, speaking simple sentences and making variable sounds.

This captures the attention of the babies which make them learn the language fast.

Here, the Barry's son is just nine-months old.Thus, he is using this to let him learn their language.