A comparative analysis of mother-father speech in the naturalistic home environment

Hladik, Ellen G.; Edwards, H. T.

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“…Mothers and fathers reference objects and events in the environment at equivalent rates during parent-child free play (Bornstein, Vibbert, Tal, & O'Donnell, 1992). Mothers and fathers alike produce more explicit than implicit directives (Golinkoff & Ames, 1979), and they do not differ on the mean length of their utterances (Brédart-Compernol, Rondal, & Perée, 1981;Fash & Madison, 1981;Gleason, 1975;Hladik & Edwards, 1984;Masur & Gleason, 1980;Pancsofar & VernonFeagans, 2006;Pratt, Kerig, Cowan, & Cowan, 1992), repetitions, or expansions (Gleason, 1975). Both mothers and fathers use shorter utterances and adjust their speech to their children aged 9 months to 3;0 years (Fash & Madison, 1981;Golinkoff & Ames, 1979;Kavanaugh & Jirkovsky, 1982).…”

Section: Comparisons Of Mother-child and Father-child Language Interamentioning

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Parent–child conversations during play

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The language of mothers, fathers, and children was examined in 50 low-income families. Mother-child and father-child dyads were videotaped separately during play when children were 2;0 years old. Language transcriptions were coded for communicative diversity, word types, and grammatical complexity in parents and children. Motherchild and father-child conversations were similar and were strongly correlated at the dyad level, although differences emerged in the repetitions of children's utterances, closed-ended questions, affirmations, and action directives. Mothers' and fathers' language related to children's language in specific ways. Individual children experience relatively enriched or impoverished language environments, rather than one parent "compensating" for the other. This may explain why some low-income children lag in their language development early on, whereas others are "on track."

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Section: Comparisons Of Mother-child and Father-child Language Interamentioning

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“…Hummel (1982) also found that mothers and fathers were similar for the mean number of utterances per conversational turn. On the other hand, other studies have found that mothers directed more utterances, words, or morphemes to their children than fathers while children were observed separately with each parent (Hladik & Edwards, 1984), with Iboth parents together (Golinkoff & Ames, 1979), and both alone with one parent and with the two parents together (Randal, 1980;Bredart-Compernol, Rondal, & Peree, 1981). Hladik and Edwards (1984) also found that mothers give more responses than fathers to their children.…”

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“…The longer and more complex the sentence, the more difficult it is to understand. Most researchers found no differences in mothers' and fathers' Mill to children from 3-monthsold to preschoolers (Gleason, 1975;Golinkoff & Ames, 1979;Bredart-Compernol et al, 1981;Kavanaugh & Jen, 1981;Kavanaugh & Jirkovsky, 1982;Hummel, 1982;Lipscomb & Coon, 1983;Hladik & Edwards, 1984;Papousek, Papousek, & Haekel, 1987). A few studies, however found that mothers' MLU was longer than fathers' (Rondal, 1980;Malone & Guy, 1982;McLaughlin et al, 1983).…”

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“…questions (which require a more elaborate response), (Golinkoff & Ames, 1979;Rondal, 1980;Bredart-Compernol et aI., 1981;Kavanaugh & Jen, 1981;Kavanaugh & Jirkowsky, 1982;Hummel, 1982;Hladik & Edwards, 1984;Papousek et aI., 1987). Only one study (McLaughlin et aI., 1983) found that mothers used more 'yes/no' questions than fathers and that fathers used more 'wh-questions relative to the total number of questions asked in this study than mothers.…”

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“…When the parent uses a direct form ('be quiet') it is much easier to understand the communicative intention than when a parent uses an indirect form ('Can we reduce the noise level in here?'). Several studies found that parents do not differ in their use of directives in general or the imperative form of directives (Golinkoff & Ames, 1979;Rondal, 1980;Bredart-Compernol et al, 1981;Kavanaugh & Jen, 1981;Hummel, 1982;Kavanaugh & Jirkovsky, 1982;McLaughlin et al, 1983;Hladik & Edwards, 1984;Papousek et al, 1987). One study, by Kruper & Uzgiris (1987), found that mothers use more directives with infants than fathers.…”

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Father-child and mother-child speech: A perspective on parental roles

Chanu

Marcos

1994

Eur J Psychol Educ

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An analysis of the existing research on parents' speech to young children suggests that the differences between mothers' and fathers' speech appear especially in the nature of their vocabulary and in certain functional and conversational aspects of their speech when addressing their children. The findings suggest that the father is a more demanding or challenging conversational partner [or the young child than the mother, who tends to be more sensitive to the child's abilities and requires less o~l the child as a conversational partner. We interpret these differences as reflecting parental roles which are in part different and complementary. The mother's specific role is to provide a feeling ofsecurity by avoiding situations where the child's established acquisitions would be challenged, while still stimulating the child. The father's specific roles is to prompt the child to attain higher levels oj success, even if it means momentarily destabilizing the child. Literature on children's communicative behaviors 'with each parent was also examined. The sparse amount of research in this field reveals that children may communicate differently with mothers and fathers. The conclusions of this literature review are discussed in terms of different perspectives open for future research.The following comparison of the speech mothers and fathers address to young children results from an examination of the literature in the field. We will attempt to demonstrate that the differences primarily concern conversational and functional aspects of language, the aspects which most accurately translate the nature of the relationship between interlocutors.In addition, we will examine the research which compares the child's productions when addressing his/her mother and his/her father. Although the quantity of research is small, we are still provided with a base in which to study how parents' and children's communicative behaviors influence one another.In other domains of study than language, a collection of research on children in different

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Observer Influences on Fathers and Mothers: An Experimental Manipulation of the Structure and Function of Parent – Infant Conversation

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From studies over the past 20 years four contrasting hypotheses can be made about the nature of parent-infant communication: (1) mothers and fathers display similar skills to their infants and do not exert a differential influence on their development; (2) fathers are less sympathetic to their infants' level of development and therefore inadvertently stretch the child's development more than mothers; (3) both parents differentidy socialize their sons' and daughters' early communicative skills; (4) any apparent differences between parents reflect their expectations about being observed. To examine these hypotheses together, this experiment records the communication of 10 mother-infant and 10 fathepinfant dyads in two conditions: when an observer was present or absent. The analysis revealed two patterns. Firstly, in keeping with most research on parent-child communication, mothers and fathers both simplified their speech to their infants in similar ways. Secondly, both the structure and function of parental communication showed differences between the two conditions and many of these differences were moderated by interactions between condition and sex of parent or child. The data thus pmvide more support for the first and fourth hypotheses cited above. It is suggested that analyses of parent-infant interaction should move away from simple assumptions about parental 'influences' upon children's development to consider the subtleties of different parental styles in different settings.

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A comparative analysis of mother-father speech in the naturalistic home environment

Cited by 53 publications

References 9 publications

Parent–child conversations during play

Parent–child conversations during play

Father-child and mother-child speech: A perspective on parental roles

Observer Influences on Fathers and Mothers: An Experimental Manipulation of the Structure and Function of Parent – Infant Conversation

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