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Referential Choice and Informativeness in Mother-Child Conversation: A Focus on the Mother
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Huang, Chiung-chih – Language Sciences, 2012
This study explored Mandarin-speaking mothers' referential choice in relation to informativeness. The data consisted of two Mandarin-speaking mothers' natural conversation with their children, collected when the children were between the ages of 2;2 and 3;1. The subject and object arguments of the mothers' utterances were coded for the categories…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Form Classes (Languages), Child Language
Mothers' Speech Adjustments and Child Language Learning: Some Methodological Considerations.
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Cross, Toni G. – Language Sciences, 1979
Reports on studies examining the extent to which mothers tailor their speech to a child's level of linguistic ability. Methodological implications for language acquisition research are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Theories