Book Review: Psychology in Context. Cross-Cultural Research Trends in South Africa

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
Johannes Bernardus Schoeman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

scholarly journals Child-directed and overheard input from different speakers in two distinct cultures

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgia Loukatou ◽  
Camila Scaff ◽  
Katherine Demuth ◽  
Alejandrina Cristia ◽  
Naomi Havron
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Despite the fact that in most communities interaction occurs between the child and multiple speakers, most previous research on input to children focused on input from mothers. We annotated recordings of Sesotho-learning toddlers living in non-industrial Lesotho in South Africa, and French-learning toddlers living in urban regions in France. We examined who produced the input (mothers, other children, adults), how much input was child directed, and whether and how it varied across speakers. As expected, mothers contributed most of the input in the French recordings. However, in the Sesotho recordings, input from other children was more common than input from mothers or other adults. Child-directed speech from all speakers in both cultural groups showed similar qualitative modifications. Our findings suggest that input from other children is prevalent and has similar features as child-directed from adults described in previous work, inviting cross-cultural research into the effects of input from other children.

scholarly journals Child-directed and overheard input from different speakers in two distinct cultures

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Georgia LOUKATOU ◽  
Camila SCAFF ◽  
Katherine DEMUTH ◽  
Alejandrina CRISTIA ◽  
Naomi HAVRON
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Urban Regions ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Cross Cultural Research

Abstract Despite the fact that in most communities interaction occurs between the child and multiple speakers, most previous research on input to children focused on input from mothers. We annotated recordings of Sesotho-learning toddlers living in non-industrial Lesotho in South Africa, and French-learning toddlers living in urban regions in France. We examined who produced the input (mothers, other children, adults), how much input was child directed, and whether and how it varied across speakers. As expected, mothers contributed most of the input in the French recordings. However, in the Sesotho recordings, input from other children was more common than input from mothers or other adults. Child-directed speech from all speakers in both cultural groups showed similar qualitative modifications. Our findings suggest that input from other children is prevalent and has similar features as child-directed from adults described in previous work, inviting cross-cultural research into the effects of input from other children.

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