Marilyn Shatz

Marilyn Shatz is an American scholar known for her work in language development and discourse. She holds the title of Professor Emerita of Psychology and Linguistics at the University of Michigan, where she worked from 1977 until retiring in 2009.

Shatz investigated child development from a holistic perspective including cognition, social and linguistic influences. She was a pioneer in the study of motherese, which is a type of prosodic-adapted speech used by adults when speaking to an infant. In her work, she defended the interplay of nature and nurture in language development. Provided by Wikipedia