%0 Journal Article
%A Bohn, Manuel
%A Vieira, Wilson Filipe da Silva
%A Giner Torréns, Marta
%A Kärtner, Joscha
%A Itakura, Shoji
%A Cavalcante, Lilia
%A Haun, Daniel
%A Köster, Moritz
%A Kanngiesser, Patricia
%+ Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Mealtime conversations between parents and their 2-year-old children in five cultural contexts (advance online) : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000C-A1E2-E
%R 10.1037/dev0001688
%7 2024-02-26
%D 2024
%8 26.02.2024
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X Children all over the world learn language, yet the contexts in which they do so vary substantially. This variation needs to be systematically quantified to build robust and generalizable theories of language acquisition. We compared communicative interactions between parents and their 2-year-old children (N = 99 families) during mealtime across five cultural settings (Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Germany, and Japan) and coded the amount of talk and gestures as well as their conversational embedding (interlocutors, function, and themes). We found a comparable pattern of communicative interactions across cultural settings, which were modified in ways that are consistent with local norms and values. These results suggest that children encounter similarly structured communicative environments across diverse cultural contexts and will inform theories of language learning.
%K language acquisition, communication, gesture, cross-cultural psychology, parent–child interaction
%J Developmental Psychology
%I American Psychological Association (PsycARTICLES)
%C Arlington, VA, etc.,
%@ 0012-1649
%U https://github.com/ccp-eva/mealtimehttps://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/amfj9