A Longitudinal Study of Language Use During Early Mother-Child Interactions in Spanish-Speaking Families Experiencing Low Income.
A Longitudinal Study of Language Use During Early Mother-Child Interactions in Spanish-Speaking Families Experiencing Low Income.
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低收入西班牙语家庭早期母子互动中语言使用的纵向研究。
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10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00329
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2022
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Suma,Katharine
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Pace,Amy;Rojas,Raúl;Bakeman,Roger;Adamson,LaurenB;Tamis-LeMonda,CatherineS;O'BrienCaughy,Margaret;Owen,MargaretTresch;Suma,Katharine
本研究对119名西班牙语墨西哥移民母亲及其2岁(M=2.5和3.6岁)儿童的亲子语言使用情况进行了纵向研究。结果儿童产出性语言水平显著提高，而母亲在词汇多样性和语法复杂性方面变化不大。母子话语的特点是不连续：母亲减少了话轮长度，问的问题更少，而孩子在这两个方面都增加了。母亲和儿童回答问题的比率仍然很高，尽管随着时间的推移，儿童人数增加，母亲人数减少。母亲和孩子在产出性语言和话语测量中表现出显著的等级顺序稳定性。母亲在第一次互动中提问的速度和孩子在第一次互动中对问题的反应预测了一年后儿童的接受性词汇。结论随着儿童变得更成熟的沟通者，语言输入仍然很重要，语篇特征的相关性越来越强。儿童在游戏环境中回答父母问题的早期机会有利于他们的语言技能。这项工作扩展了单语英语家庭的证据基础，并在先前关于墨西哥裔美国家庭育儿实践的研究背景下进行了解释。
PurposeThis longitudinal study assessed continuity and stability of productive language (vocabulary and grammar) and discourse features (turn-taking; asking and responding to questions) during mother–child play.MethodParent–child language use in 119 Spanish-speaking, Mexican immigrant mothers and their children at two ages (M= 2.5 and 3.6 years) was evaluated from transcriptions of interactions.ResultsChild productive language significantly increased over the year, whereas mothers showed commensurate increases in vocabulary diversity but very little change in grammatical complexity. Mother–child discourse was characterized by discontinuity: Mothers decreased their turn length and asked fewer questions while children increased on both measures. Rates of responding to questions remained high for both mothers and children even as children increased and mothers decreased over time. Mothers and children showed significant rank-order stability in productive language and measures of discourse. Mothers' rate of asking questions and children's responses to questions during the first interaction predicted children's receptive vocabulary a year later.ConclusionsAs children become more sophisticated communicators, language input remains important, with discourse features growing in relevance. Children's early opportunities to respond to parents' questions in the context of play benefit their language skills. This work extends the evidence base from monolingual English-speaking families and is interpreted in the context of prior research on parenting practices in U.S. families of Mexican origin.