The determinants of baby talk
Relationship to context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20366808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura D'Odorico, Laura D’Odorico (University of Padua), Fabia Franco (0000-0003-1327-1080, University of Padua) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 567-586 |
| Publication date | 1985-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Child Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-0009 • E-ISSN: 1469-7602 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305000900006656 |
| OpenAlex | W1997076151 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper examines the relationship between context and mothers' speech to prelinguistic infants. In the first phase, videorecordings of a mother talking with her infant were transcribed; in the second phase, 48 mothers were asked to select the utterance most apt for a series of drawings representing different contexts of mother–infant interaction. Data analyzed with respect to syntactic and semantic features revealed that the informational content of mothers' speech is different in relation to various contexts. Furthermore, different syntactic types are chosen in relation to different contents. Results are discussed in relation to a hypothesis assuming that mothers' speech is determined by particular interactive rules operating in the mother–infant dyad
Developmental psychology · Dyad · Linguistics · Utterance · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2026 (39) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |