Mealtime Conversations Between Parents and Their 2-Year-Old Children in Five Cultural Contexts
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In: Developmental Psychology, Vol. 60, No. 7, 07.2024, p. 1255-1268.
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T1 - Mealtime Conversations Between Parents and Their 2-Year-Old Children in Five Cultural Contexts
AU - Bohn, Manuel
AU - da Silva Vieira, Wilson Filipe
AU - Torréns, Marta Giner
AU - Kärtner, Joscha
AU - Itakura, Shoji
AU - Cavalcante, Lília
AU - Haun, Daniel
AU - Köster, Moritz
AU - Kanngiesser, Patricia
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 American Psychological Association
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - Children all over the world learn language, yet the contexts in which they do so vary substantially. This variation needs to be systematically quantified to build robust and generalizable theories of language acquisition. We compared communicative interactions between parents and their 2-year-old children (N =99 families) during mealtime across five cultural settings (Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, and Japan) and coded the amount of talk and gestures as well as their conversational embedding (interlocutors, function, and themes). We found a comparable pattern of communicative interactions across cultural settings, which were modified in ways that are consistent with local norms and values. These results suggest that children encounter similarly structured communicative environments across diverse cultural contexts and will inform theories of language learning.
AB - Children all over the world learn language, yet the contexts in which they do so vary substantially. This variation needs to be systematically quantified to build robust and generalizable theories of language acquisition. We compared communicative interactions between parents and their 2-year-old children (N =99 families) during mealtime across five cultural settings (Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, and Japan) and coded the amount of talk and gestures as well as their conversational embedding (interlocutors, function, and themes). We found a comparable pattern of communicative interactions across cultural settings, which were modified in ways that are consistent with local norms and values. These results suggest that children encounter similarly structured communicative environments across diverse cultural contexts and will inform theories of language learning.
KW - communication
KW - cross-cultural psychology
KW - gesture
KW - language acquisition
KW - parent–child interaction
KW - Psychology
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U2 - 10.31234/osf.io/amfj9
DO - 10.31234/osf.io/amfj9
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 38407107
VL - 60
SP - 1255
EP - 1268
JO - Developmental Psychology
JF - Developmental Psychology
SN - 0012-1649
IS - 7
ER -