Mother and father language input to young children: Contributions to later language development

被引:245
作者
Pancsofar, Nadya [1 ]
Vernon-Feagans, Lynne [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Sch Educ, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
father language input; mother language input; child language development; child care;
D O I
10.1016/j.appdev.2006.08.003
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 [发展与教育心理学];
摘要
There has been little research comparing the nature and contributions of language input of mothers and fathers to their young children. This study examined differences in mother and father talk to their 24 month-old children. This study also considered contributions of parent education, child care quality and mother and father language (output, vocabulary, complexity, questions, and pragmatics) to children's expressive language development at 36 months. It was found that fathers' language input was less than mothers' language input on the following: verbal output, turn length, different word roots, and wh-questions. Mothers and fathers did not differ on type-token ratio, mean length of utterance, or the proportion of questions. At age 36 months, parent level of education, the total quality of child care and paternal different words were significant predictors of child language. Mothers' language was not a significant predictor of child language. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:571 / 587
页数:17
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