Mealtime conversations between parents and their 2-year-old children in five cultural contexts
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Mealtime conversations between parents and their 2-year-old children in five cultural contexts. / Bohn, Manuel; da Silva Vieira, Wilson Filipe; Torréns, Marta Giner et al.
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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, Lilia
AU - Haun, Daniel B. M.
AU - Köster, Moritz
AU - Kanngiesser, Patricia
PY - 2022/12/6
Y1 - 2022/12/6
N2 - Children all over the world learn language, yet, the contexts in which they do so varies 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 two-year-old children (N = 99 families) during mealtime across five cultural settings (Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, Japan) and coded the amount of talk and gestures as well as their conversational embedding (interlocutors, function, 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 varies 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 two-year-old children (N = 99 families) during mealtime across five cultural settings (Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, Japan) and coded the amount of talk and gestures as well as their conversational embedding (interlocutors, function, 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 - Psychology
KW - Communication
KW - Cross-cultural psychology
KW - Gesture
KW - Language acquisition
KW - Parent-child interaction
U2 - 10.31234/osf.io/amfj9
DO - 10.31234/osf.io/amfj9
M3 - Other
PB - OSF
ER -