child directed speech Flashcards
define CDS
The distinct way in which adults talk to children and babies
what are the three models of CDS
-elicit - draw language out of the child
-elaborate - develop the range of language a child uses
-elucidate - help make a child’s language clearer
what is the research into high socio economic status mothers?
high socio economic status mothers use longer utterances and a greater range of different words when they talk to their children compared to low SES mothers
what is the disparity in utterances between children in high SES families compared to low SES families
11,000 utterances a day compared to 700 utterances a day
what did clarke stewart find
children who’s mothers talk more have larger vocabularies
what did katherine nelson find
children at the holophrastic stage who’s mothers corrected them on word choice and pronunciation actually advanced slower than those mothers who were accepting
what did berko and brown find
brown corrected a child using “fis” with “fish” yet the child corrected him saying “fis”. brown reverted back to “fish” and the child responded “yes fis”
what does berko and browns research show
children do not hear themselves in the same way that they hear others and no ammount of correction will change this
what did wells find
the rate of language development at 30 months is related to the proportion of mothers speech to the child during shared activities such as joint book reading and play
what did snow and ferguson find
the more expansions and recasts that are used, the more advanced syntactic development
what are some characteristics of child directed speech
questions and commands
echoing
one word utterances
use of child’s own name
deviant use of pronouns
expansions/recasts
