Talking to Talkers: Infants' Talk Status, but Not Their Gender, Is Related to Language Input

Autor/inn/en	Dailey, Shannon; Bergelson, Elika
Titel	Talking to Talkers: Infants' Talk Status, but Not Their Gender, Is Related to Language Input
Quelle	In: Child Development, 94 (2023) 2, S.478-496 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dailey, Shannon) ORCID (Bergelson, Elika)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13872
Schlagwörter	Infants; Child Language; Linguistic Input; North American English; Gender Differences; Caregivers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Sprachbildung; Amerikanisches Englisch; Geschlechterkonflikt; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger
Abstract	Prior research points to gender differences in some early language skills, but is inconclusive about the mechanisms at play, providing evidence that both infants' early input and productions may differ by gender. This study examined the linguistic input and early productions of 44 American English-learning infants (93% White) in a longitudinal sample of home recordings collected at 6-17 months (in 2014-2016). Girls produced more unique words than boys (Cohen's "d" = 0.67) and this effect grew with age, but there were no significant gender differences in language input (d = 0.22-0.24). Instead, caregivers talked more to infants who had begun to talk (d = 0.93-0.97), regardless of gender. Therefore, prior results highlighting gender-based input differences may have been due, at least partly, to this talking-to-talkers effect. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01