Infant-Directed Speech as a Simplified but Not Simple Register: A Longitudinal Study of Lexical and Syntactic Features

Autor/inn/en	Genovese, Giuliana; Spinelli, Maria; Romero Lauro, Leonor J.; Aureli, Tiziana; Castelletti, Giulia; Fasolo, Mirco
Titel	Infant-Directed Speech as a Simplified but Not Simple Register: A Longitudinal Study of Lexical and Syntactic Features
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 47 (2020) 1, S.22-44 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000919000643
Schlagwörter	Infants; Speech Communication; Syntax; Language Variation; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Longitudinal Studies; Age Differences; Play; Vocabulary; Linguistic Input; Intonation; Suprasegmentals; Italian; Foreign Countries; Computational Linguistics; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Sprachenvielfalt; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Spiel; Wortschatz; Sprachbildung; Italienisch; Ausland; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Italien
Abstract	Infant-directed speech (IDS) is a specific register that adults use to address infants, and it is characterised by prosodic exaggeration and lexical and syntactic simplification. Several authors have underlined that this simplified speech becomes more complex according to the infant's age. However, there is a lack of studies on lexical and syntactic modifications in Italian IDS during the first year of an infant's life. In the present study, 80 mother-infant dyads were longitudinally observed at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months during free-play interactions. Maternal vocal productions were subsequently coded. The results show an overall low lexical variability and syntactic complexity that identify speech to infants as a simplified register; however, the high occurrence of complex items and well-structured utterances suggests that IDS is not simple speech. Moreover, maternal IDS becomes more complex over time, but not linearly, with a maximum simplification in the second half of the first year. (As Provided).
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