Context dependency in parental speech

British Journal of Developmental Psychology - Tập 16 Số 3 - Trang 365-373 - 1998
Nadja Reissland1
1Department of Psychology, William Guild Building, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 2UB, Scotland

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Twelve children, six girls and six boys, were videotaped at two ages: first at a mean age of 11:16 months, second at a mean age of 15:16 months, with a parent in their home while having a meal with a spoon (non‐play situation) and feeding a doll with a spoon (play situation). It was found that parents reliably differentiated between play and non‐play situations by using interaction and instruction frames, respectively. A discriminant function analysis of the relative frequency of seven speech acts used within each frame resulted in the correct classification of 60.42 per cent of the children. These findings are discussed in the light of theories of children's learning in context (Snow, Perlmann & Nathan, 1987), specifically their learning about pretend and real situations (Harris & Kavanaugh, 1993).

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