|
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
|
Joint attention and lexical acquisition style
Michael Tomasello
Emory University
Jody Todd
University of Rochester
Recent research has documented systematic individual differences in early lexical development. The current study investigated the relation ship of these differences to differences in the way mothers and children regulate each other's attentional states. Mothers of 6 one-year-olds kept diary records and were videotaped with their children at monthly intervals as well. Language measures from the diary were related to measures of attention manipulation and maintenance derived from a coding of the videotaped interactions. Results showed that when mothers initiated interactions by directing their child's attention, rather than by following into it, their child learned fewer object labels and more personal-social words. Dyads who maintained sustained bouts of joint attentional focus had children with larger vocabularies overall. It was concluded that the way mothers and children regulate each other's attention is an important factor in children's early lexical development.
First Language, Vol. 4, No. 12,
197-211 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/014272378300401202
 CiteULike  Complore  Connotea  Del.icio.us  Digg  Reddit  Technorati  Twitter What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
|
|
 
M. Legerstee and T. Fisher
Coordinated attention, declarative and imperative pointing in infants with and without Down syndrome: Sharing experiences with adults and peers
First Language,
August 1, 2008;
28(3):
281 - 311.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. J. Cress, L. Moskal, and A. Hoffmann
Parent Directiveness in Free Play With Young Children With Physical Impairments
Communication Disorders Quarterly,
February 1, 2008;
29(2):
99 - 108.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. M. Bernhardt, N. Kemp, and J. F. Werker
Early word-object associations and later language development
First Language,
October 1, 2007;
27(4):
315 - 328.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Scofield, A. Williams, and D. A. Behrend
Word learning in the absence of a speaker
First Language,
August 1, 2007;
27(3):
297 - 311.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Gros-Louis, M. J. West, M. H. Goldstein, and A. P. King
Mothers provide differential feedback to infants' prelinguistic sounds
International Journal of Behavioral Development,
November 1, 2006;
30(6):
509 - 516.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. Loots, I. Devise, and W. Jacquet
The Impact of Visual Communication on the Intersubjective Development of Early Parent-Child Interaction With 18- to 24-Month-Old Deaf Toddlers
J. Deaf Stud. Deaf Educ.,
October 1, 2005;
10(4):
357 - 375.
[Abstract]
[Full Text]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. A. Jones and E. G. Carr
Joint Attention in Children With Autism: Theory and Intervention
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities,
January 1, 2004;
19(1):
13 - 26.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. C. Vigil and D. A. Hwa-Froelich
Interaction Styles in Minority Caregivers: Implications for Intervention
Communication Disorders Quarterly,
January 1, 2004;
25(3):
119 - 126.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Williams
A Comparative Review of Early Forms of Object-Directed Play and Parent-Infant Play in Typical Infants and Young Children with Autism
Autism,
December 1, 2003;
7(4):
361 - 374.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y. Oshima-Takane and M. Robbins
Linguistic Environment of Secondborn Children
First Language,
February 1, 2003;
23(1):
21 - 40.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. J. Dodici, D. C. Draper, and C. A. Peterson
Early Parent Child Interactions and Early Literacy Development
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education,
January 1, 2003;
23(3):
124 - 136.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Veneziano
Displacement and informativeness in child-directed talk
First Language,
January 1, 2001;
21(63):
323 - 356.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M.-L. Laakso, A.-M. Poikkeus, J. Katajamaki, and P. Lyytinen
Early intentional communication as a predictor of language development in young toddlers
First Language,
June 1, 1999;
19(56):
207 - 231.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Stevens, J. Blake, G. Vitale, and S. Macdonald
Mother-infant object involvement at 9 and 15 months: relation to infant cognition and early vocabulary
First Language,
June 1, 1998;
18(53):
203 - 222.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. F. Saxon
A longitudinal study of early mother-infant interaction and later language competence
First Language,
January 1, 1997;
17(51):
271 - 281.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. McDonald Culp, J. D. Osofsky, and M. O'Brien
Language patterns of adolescent and older mothers and their one-year-old children: a comparison study
First Language,
February 1, 1996;
16(46):
61 - 75.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Kot and J. Law
Intervention with preschool children with specific language impairments: a comparison of two different approaches to treatment
Child Language Teaching and Therapy,
June 1, 1995;
11(2):
144 - 162.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. R. JAMIESON
Interactions Between Mothers and Children Who are Deaf
Journal of Early Intervention,
January 1, 1995;
19(2):
108 - 117.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L. Girolametto, M. Verbey, and R. Tannock
Improving Joint Engagement in Parent-Child Interaction: An Intervention Study
Journal of Early Intervention,
January 1, 1994;
18(2):
155 - 167.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. E. SPENCER, B. A. BODNER-JOHNSON, and M. K. GUTFREUND
Interacting With Infants With a Hearing Loss: What Can We Learn From Mothers Who Are Deaf?
Journal of Early Intervention,
January 1, 1992;
16(1):
64 - 78.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. M. Pine
The functional basis of referentiality: evidence from children's spontaneous speech
First Language,
January 1, 1992;
12(34):
39 - 55.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Mannle, M. Barton, and M. Tomasello
Two-year-olds' conversations with their mothers and preschool-aged siblings
First Language,
January 1, 1992;
12(34):
57 - 71.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. M. Pine
Maternal style at the early one-word stage: re-evaluating the stereotype of the directive mother
First Language,
January 1, 1992;
12(35):
169 - 186.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. E. ROBERTS, D. B. BAILEY Jr., and H. B. NYCHKA
Teachers' Use of Strategies to Facilitate the Communication of Preschool Children with Disabilities
Journal of Early Intervention,
January 1, 1991;
15(4):
358 - 376.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. A. Goldfield
Pointing, naming, and talk about objects: referential behaviour in children and mothers
First Language,
January 1, 1990;
10(30):
231 - 242.
[Abstract]
[PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. Holdgrafer, G. M. Kysela, and C. McCarthy
Joint action intervention and child language skills: a research note
First Language,
October 1, 1989;
9(27):
299 - 305.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. Durkin
Editorial Introduction
First Language,
June 1, 1988;
8(23):
89 - 101.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. L. Miller
Parents' perceptions and attributions of infant vocal behaviour and development
First Language,
June 1, 1988;
8(23):
125 - 141.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. B. Smith, L. B. Adamson, and R. Bakeman
Interactional predictors of early language
First Language,
June 1, 1988;
8(23):
143 - 156.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Gopnik
Three types of early word: the emergence of social words, names and cognitive-relational words in the one-word stage and their relation to cognitive development
First Language,
February 1, 1988;
8(22):
49 - 69.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Hoff-Ginsberg
Topic relations in mother-child conversation
First Language,
June 1, 1987;
7(20):
145 - 158.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. F. Pemberton and R. V. Watkins
Language facilitation through stories: recasting and modelling
First Language,
February 1, 1987;
7(19):
79 - 89.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
L. Feagans and J. M. Miyamoto
Non-word speech in discourse: a strategy for language development
First Language,
October 1, 1986;
6(18):
187 - 201.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. A. Goldfield
Referential and expressive language: a study of two mother-child dyads
First Language,
June 1, 1986;
6(17):
119 - 131.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. J. Folven, J. D. Bonvillian, and M. D. Orlansky
Communicative gestures and early sign language acquisition
First Language,
June 1, 1984;
5(14):
129 - 143.
[Abstract]
|
|
|
|
|
