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Speech Patterning of Natural Discourse of Well and Depressed Mothers and Their Young Children.
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Breznitz, Zvia; Sherman, Tracy – Child Development, 1987
The speech behavior of 14 depressed and 18 nondepressed mothers during conversations with their 3-year-old children was examined using the Automatic Vocal Transaction Analyzer. Mother-child dyads were observed in three settings for five minutes each: while mother was preparing lunch, during lunch, and while waiting for a doctor. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Socialization
Conversational Congruence as a Criterion of Socialization in Children
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Welkowitz, Joan; And Others – Child Development, 1976
Tests the hypothesis that the extent to which the durations of pauses (silences within the utterances of a single speaker) and switching pauses (silences between the utterances of 2 speakers) in the speech of children in conversation become similar (i.e., exhibit conversational congruence) is positively related to age. (BRT)
Descriptors: Child Language, Developmental Psychology, Elementary School Students, Language Acquisition
Speech Characteristics as a Function of Social Class and Situational Factors
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Jones, Pauline A.; McMillan, William B. – Child Development, 1973
Study was designed to examine social-class differences in speech as produced under three conditions varying from highly structured to a more natural linguistic setting. (Authors)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Kindergarten Children, Linguistic Competence, Lower Class
Mother-Child Conversation in Different Social Classes and Communicative Settings.
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Hoff-Ginsberg, Erika – Child Development, 1991
Working class and upper-middle class mothers were videotaped interacting with their toddlers in four settings. Samples of the mothers' adult-directed speech were also collected. Observed were social class differences in the mothers' child-directed speech and some parallel differences in the mothers' adult-directed speech. This may reflect more…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Language Acquisition, Mother Attitudes, Mothers