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Child-Directed Speech Is Infrequent in a Forager-Farmer Population: A Time Allocation Study.
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Child Development . May/Jun2019, Vol. 90 Issue 3, p759-773. 15p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This article provides an estimation of how frequently, and from whom, children aged 0-11 years (Ns between 9 and 24) receive one-on-one verbal input among Tsimane forager-horticulturalists of lowland Bolivia. Analyses of systematic daytime behavioral observations reveal < 1 min per daylight hour is spent talking to children younger than 4 years of age, which is 4 times less than estimates for others present at the same time and place. Adults provide a majority of the input at 0-3 years of age but not afterward. When integrated with previous work, these results reveal large cross-cultural variation in the linguistic experiences provided to young children. Consideration of more diverse human populations is necessary to build generalizable theories of language acquisition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00093920
- Volume :
- 90
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Child Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136151657
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12974