Language Specificity of Infant-Directed Speech: Speaking Rate and Word Position in Word-Learning Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Han, Mengru; de Jong, Nivja H.; Kager, René
Titel	Language Specificity of Infant-Directed Speech: Speaking Rate and Word Position in Word-Learning Contexts
Quelle	In: Language Learning and Development, 17 (2021) 3, S.221-240 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Jong, Nivja H.) ORCID (Kager, René)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1547-5441
DOI	10.1080/15475441.2020.1855182
Schlagwörter	Infants; Language Acquisition; Speech Communication; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Vocabulary Development; Indo European Languages; Mandarin Chinese; Contrastive Linguistics; Language Classification; Foreign Countries; Age Differences; Familiarity; Language Skills; Measures (Individuals); Nouns; Pictorial Stimuli; Task Analysis; Netherlands; MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Wortschatzarbeit; Indoeuropäisch; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Sprachtypologie; Ausland; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Messdaten; Fantasieanregung; Aufgabenanalyse; Niederlande
Abstract	Previous research indicates that infant-directed speech (IDS) is usually slower than adult-directed speech (ADS) and mothers prefer placing a focused word in isolation or utterance-final position in (English) IDS, which may benefit word learning. This study investigated the speaking rate and word position of IDS in two typologically-distinct languages: Dutch and Mandarin Chinese. We used a storybook-telling task to elicit semi-spontaneous ADS and IDS. The storybook contained target words that were familiar or unfamiliar to children. For each language, we asked: (1) whether IDS was slower than ADS; (2) whether mothers slowed down to highlight unfamiliar words; (3) whether the speaking rate of IDS changed between 18 and 24 months; and (4) whether mothers preferred placing unfamiliar words in isolation or utterance-final position in IDS. Results suggest that Dutch IDS, but not Mandarin Chinese IDS, was slower than ADS. Also, only Dutch mothers slowed down specifically when introducing unfamiliar words in IDS. In both languages, mothers placed target words in isolation (but not in utterance-final position) more frequently in IDS. These results suggest that the temporal modifications in IDS may vary across languages. Thus, language-specificity of IDS and its implications for language acquisition should be considered in future research. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01