TY - JOUR
T1 - Parent-child conversations during play
AU - Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.
AU - Baumwell, Lisa
AU - Cristofaro, Tonia
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF BCS grant #021859 and NSF IRADS grant #0721383) to the first author to support the Center for Research on Culture, Development, and Education. We also acknowledge funding from the Ford Foundation, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services granted to researchers of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project.
Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - The language of mothers, fathers, and children was examined in 50 low-income families. Mother-child and father-child dyads were videotaped separately during play when children were 2;0 years old. Language transcriptions were coded for communicative diversity, word types, and grammatical complexity in parents and children. Mother-child and father-child conversations were similar and were strongly correlated at the dyad level, although differences emerged in the repetitions of children's utterances, closed-ended questions, affirmations, and action directives. Mothers' and fathers' language related to children's language in specific ways. Individual children experience relatively enriched or impoverished language environments, rather than one parent "compensating" for the other. This may explain why some low-income children lag in their language development early on, whereas others are "on track."
AB - The language of mothers, fathers, and children was examined in 50 low-income families. Mother-child and father-child dyads were videotaped separately during play when children were 2;0 years old. Language transcriptions were coded for communicative diversity, word types, and grammatical complexity in parents and children. Mother-child and father-child conversations were similar and were strongly correlated at the dyad level, although differences emerged in the repetitions of children's utterances, closed-ended questions, affirmations, and action directives. Mothers' and fathers' language related to children's language in specific ways. Individual children experience relatively enriched or impoverished language environments, rather than one parent "compensating" for the other. This may explain why some low-income children lag in their language development early on, whereas others are "on track."
KW - Fathers' language
KW - language development
KW - mother language
KW - parent-child interactions
KW - parent-child play
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U2 - 10.1177/0142723711419321
DO - 10.1177/0142723711419321
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84868290336
SN - 0142-7237
VL - 32
SP - 413
EP - 438
JO - First Language
JF - First Language
IS - 4
ER -