Children's Faithfulness in Imitating Language Use Varies Cross-culturally, Contingent on Prior Experience

Autor/inn/en	Klinger, Jörn; Mayor, Julien; Bannard, Colin
Titel	Children's Faithfulness in Imitating Language Use Varies Cross-culturally, Contingent on Prior Experience
Quelle	In: Child Development, 87 (2016) 3, S.820-833 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.12503
Schlagwörter	Beliefs; Experiments; Indigenous Populations; Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Children; Imitation; Prior Learning; Second Language Learning; Mexico (Oaxaca) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Erprobung; Sinti und Roma; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Vorkenntnisse; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	Despite its recognized importance for cultural transmission, little is known about the role imitation plays in language learning. Three experiments examine how rates of imitation vary as a function of qualitative differences in the way language is used in a small indigenous community in Oaxaca, Mexico and three Western comparison groups. Data from one hundred thirty-eight 3- to 10-year-olds suggests that children selectively imitate when they understand the function of a given linguistic element because their culture makes frequent use of that function. When function is opaque, however, children imitate faithfully. This has implications for how children manage the imitation--innovation trade-off, and offers insight into why children imitate in language learning across development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01