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Parent‐Child Interaction in Three Conversational Contexts: Variations in Style and Strategy
Author(s) -
CrainThoreson Catherine,
Dahlin Michael P.,
Powell Terris A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.13
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , psychology , context (archaeology) , reading (process) , linguistics , developmental psychology , language development , cognitive psychology , archaeology , history , paleontology , philosophy , biology
In this chapter the style and complexity of parents' language during story reading are contrasted with the style and complexity of their language in two other conversational contexts. The role of context and gender in shaping conversations and the effects of these conversations on children's language are examined.