Early Parental Causal Language Input Predicts Children's Later Causal Verb Understanding

Autor/inn/en	Aktan-Erciyes, Asli; Göksun, Tilbe
Titel	Early Parental Causal Language Input Predicts Children's Later Causal Verb Understanding
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 50 (2023) 1, S.177-197 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aktan-Erciyes, Asli) ORCID (Göksun, Tilbe)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000921000805
Schlagwörter	Parent Influence; Interpersonal Communication; Comprehension; Verbs; Turkish; Infants; Play; Vocabulary; Morphology (Languages); Predictor Variables; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonale Kommunikation; Verstehen; Verständnis; Türkisch; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Spiel; Wortschatz; Morphology; Morphologie; Prädiktor
Abstract	How does parental causal input relate to children's later comprehension of causal verbs? Causal constructions in verbs differ across languages. Turkish has both lexical and morphological causatives. We asked whether (1) parental causal language input varied for different types of play (guided vs. free play), (2) early parental causal language input predicted children's causal verb understanding. Twenty-nine infants participated at three timepoints. Parents used lexical causatives more than morphological ones for guided-play for both timepoints, but for free-play, the same difference was only found at Time 2. For Time 3, children were tested on a verb comprehension and a vocabulary task. Morphological causative input, but not lexical causative input, during free-play predicted children's causal verb comprehension. For guided-play, the same relation did not hold. Findings suggest a role of specific types of causal input on children's understanding of causal verbs that are received in certain play contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01