Variation Sets in the Speech Directed to Toddlers in Argentinian Households. SES and Type of Activity Effects

Autor/inn/en	Alam, Florencia; Rosemberg, Celia Renata; Garber, Leandro; Stein, Alejandra
Titel	Variation Sets in the Speech Directed to Toddlers in Argentinian Households. SES and Type of Activity Effects
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 49 (2022) 4, S.799-823 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Alam, Florencia) ORCID (Stein, Alejandra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S030500092100043X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Status; Toddlers; Speech Communication; Family (Sociological Unit); Spanish Speaking; Interaction; Linguistic Input; Speech Acts; Activities; Language Variation; Word Frequency; Argentina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Familie; Interaktion; Sprachbildung; Sprechakt; Sprachenvielfalt; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Argentinien
Abstract	The study adopts a naturalistic perspective, looking at the relationship between socio-economic status (SES), activities and variation sets in child-directed speech (CDS) to Spanish-speaking Argentinian toddlers. It aims to determine the effect of SES and type of activity on the proportion of words and utterances in variation sets and on the pragmatic function they serve in interaction. Thirty two children (mean: 14.3 months) and their families were audio-recorded for four hours and the middle two hours were analyzed using CLAN. We developed an automatic algorithm for variation sets extraction that compares noun, verb and adjective lexemes in successive utterances. Mixed-effects beta regression showed SES and activity type effects on the proportion of variation sets and on the pragmatic function served by variation sets. Findings revealed that the contextual variables considered impact on how interlocutors organize the information to young children at the local level of natural at home interactions. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01