The social-interactional context of maternal speech to infants
An explanation for the event-bound nature of early word use
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20343039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margaret Harris (0000-0002-0123-2255, Birkbeck College, University of London), David Jones (0000-0001-8784-449X), David W Jones (0000-0002-9092-1879, Birkbeck, University of London), David N Jones (0000-0001-5335-955X, Birkbeck College, University of London), Julia Grant (0009-0001-5754-5867, Birkbeck College, University of London), Julia D Grant (0000-0002-2537-029X, Birkbeck, University of London) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 89-99 |
| Publication date | 1984-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | First Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-7237 • E-ISSN: 1740-2344 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/014272378400501401 |
| OpenAlex | W2069349369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 10 |
Eight mother-infant pairs were videotaped in a longitudinal study. Analysis of relations between maternal speech and the contiguous nonverbal context revealed that the pattern of close correspondence between conversational topic and context, which had emerged at nine months, persisted at sixteen months, with the majority of changes in topic being in response to an action carried out by the child. A large proportion of maternal utterances continued to refer to objects and activities which were at the child's focus of attention; although, at sixteen months, mothers less often accompanied comments on the child's activity with supporting actions of their own. These findings are discussed in the light of studies of early lexical development
Action (physics) · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Event (particle physics) · Focus (optics) · Language development · Linguistics · Nonverbal communication · Word (group theory) · Child and Animal Learning Development · History · Language Development and Disorders · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology
Linguistic input and early word meaning
Symmetries and asymmetries in early lexical comprehension and production
Interactional predictors of early language
The social context of early sign language development
Language patterns of adolescent and older mothers and their one-year-old children
The learning of syntax
Input frequency and children's first words
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1996 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |