Thirty-Month-Old Boys' Participation in Triadic Family Interactions, and the Linguistic Environment Provided by Parents

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  • 30ヶ月児の親子三者間相互行為への参加と親から提供される言語環境
  • 30カゲツジ ノ オヤコ 3シャカン ソウゴ コウイ エノ サンカ ト オヤ カラ テイキョウサレル ゲンゴ カンキョウ

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This study investigated how children participate in triadic parent-sibling interactions. Twenty families with 30-month-old target boys and older brothers were observed at home during semi-structured free play with toys. Each pair of siblings had two sessions, one with their mother and one with their father. Analyses explored the frequencies of utterances addressed to others, utterances used when children joined in conversations with others, and speech acts between siblings. Children's intentions regarding conversational participation differed with mothers and fathers, and parents behaved differently with younger and older siblings. Mothers talked to 30-month-old children significantly more than to older children. Siblings produced more utterances with each other during the mother's session, and fathers were less responsive to the target children than were mothers. Younger children made more spontaneous utterances seeking to get involved in conversations, and used longer sentences, during the sessions with fathers. These findings suggest that the linguistic environment parents provide at home gives their children an opportunity to practice communication with people who have different knowledge and intentions.

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