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Yana A. Kuchirko; Jacob L. Schatz; Katelyn K. Fletcher; Catherine S. Tamis-Lemonda – Journal of Child Language, 2020
We examined the functions of mothers' speech to infants during two tasks -- book-sharing and bead-stringing -- in low-income, ethnically diverse families. Mexican, Dominican, and African American mothers and their infants were video-recorded sharing wordless books and toy beads in the home when infants were aged 1;2 and 2;0. Mothers' utterances…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication