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ERIC Number: EJ467434
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Common Themes and Cultural Variations in Japanese and American Mothers' Speech to Infants.
Fernald, Anne; Morikawa, Hiromi
Child Development, v64 n3 p637-56 Jun 1993
Compared 30 Japanese and 30 American mothers' speech to their 6-, 12-, or 19-month-old infants. Mothers of both cultures used linguistic simplification and repetition. American mothers labeled objects more frequently than did Japanese mothers, whereas Japanese mothers used objects to engage infants in social routines more often than did American mothers. (BC)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Americans (United States); Japanese People; Labeling (of Objects); Maternal Speech; Repetition (Language)