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Development of discourse ability in Japanese toddlers : A longitudinal analysis of the communication with their families in natural setting

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10831006
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 談話(ディスコース)
Research InstitutionOsaka Kyoiku University

Principal Investigator

TAKAHASHI Noboru  Osaka Kyoiku University, Faculty of Education, Associate Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (00188038)

Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2000
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2000)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywordsdiscourse / mother-child communication / natural setting / longitudinal study / 会話 / 幼児 / 2歳児
Research Abstract

The objective of this study was to analyze longitudinally the development of discourse ability in Japanese toddlers. Toddlers, who begin to speak, would also begin to acquire discourse ability through the communication with surrounding adults (mainly parents) in each socio-cultural setting. If so, we should begin with the following research questions : What kind of topics do toddlers and surrounding adults talk about in everyday life in a specific socio-cultural setting? and what factors contribute to choose and maintain each topic?
Seven Japanese toddlers (1 girl and 6 boys) who attended daycare center participated in this study. Subjects' utterances with parents were audiorecorded every three months from 24 to 42 months. In each session, when they went back home from the daycare, mothers dressed their children in T-shirt with a pocket on its back, and a small microcassette recorder was in it. Totally about 200 minutes of the conversation between children and their parents were, therefore, recorded in each child and each session. All data were transcribed by using JCHAT format (Oshima-Takane & MacWhinney, 1995). All utterances were divided into clusters of topics : Sequences of utterances in which the child and parents talked about one topic were categorized into one topic cluster : here and now. past event. future event. mixture of them. factual. will. third person, real to fantasy, pretend play, other play, book reading, song, educative, About 60% of their total utterances were here and now and will, in which each topic ended up very shortly. On the other hand, the topics about play, which were about 10-30% of their total utterances. continued longer. Either children or mothers began the new topics, so both parents and children, not simple parents' initiative, equally contribute the selection and maintenance of topics.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2000 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] 高橋登: "読む力はどう育つのか"言語. 29巻7号. 68-75 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 無藤隆: "幼児の心理と保育"ミネルヴァ書房(印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 秦野悦子: "ことばの発達と障害"大修館(印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takahashi Noboru: "How do children acquire reading abilicy?"Gengo. 29(7). 68-75 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takahashi Noboru: "The way language develops. In Muto, T.(ed.) Developmental"Psychology.Kyoto, Minerva.. in printing..

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takahashi Noboru.: "Knowledge of letters and phonological awareness. In Hatano, E.(ed.) Language Development and its Impairment."Tokyo, Taishukan.. in printing..

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2000 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 高橋登: "読む力はどう育つのか"言語. 29巻7号. 68-75 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 無藤隆: "発達心理学"ミネルヴァ書房(印刷中).

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 秦野悦子: "ことばの発達と障害"大修館(印刷中).

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1998-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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