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'There car': ungrammatical parentese.

J Chafetz1, H M Feldman, N L Wareham

  • 1University of Pitsburgh.

Journal of Child Language
|June 1, 1992
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Parents exhibit unpredictable grammatical errors when teaching language to children, using an unusual variant of parentese. This study highlights unique child-directed speech patterns and their implications for language acquisition research.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Child Language Acquisition

Background:

  • Child-directed speech (parentese) often features simplified grammar.
  • Previous research has focused on typical parentese variations.
  • Understanding atypical speech patterns can offer insights into language learning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze grammatical features in child-directed speech.
  • To investigate parental language teaching strategies.
  • To identify unusual patterns in parentese.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal observation of parent-child interactions (quarterly).
  • Analysis of language samples from children aged two years and older.
  • Transcription and analysis using the CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) database.

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Main Results:

  • Parents used grammatically correct speech with adults.
  • 8-32% of utterances to children contained non-dialectal grammatical errors.
  • Errors primarily involved omissions of closed-class items (e.g., 'she a puppet').

Conclusions:

  • Parents' implicit theories of language learning led to an unusual variant of parentese.
  • The study observed unpredictable grammatical features in child-directed speech.
  • These findings contribute to understanding diverse language acquisition processes.