ERIC Number: EJ1213909
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Child-Directed Speech Is Infrequent in a Forager-Farmer Population: A Time Allocation Study
Cristia, Alejandrina; Dupoux, Emmanuel; Gurven, Michael; Stieglitz, Jonathan
Child Development, v90 n3 p759-773 May-Jun 2019
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.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Verbal Communication, Indigenous Populations, Interpersonal Communication, Age Differences, Adults, Cultural Differences, Time
Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging (DHHS/NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Bolivia
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01AG024119; BCS0136274; BCS0422690
Author Affiliations: N/A

Peer reviewed
Direct link
