Verbal expression in picture books for Japanesa and American children
| Project/Area Number |
18530515
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educational psychology
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| Research Institution | Shimane University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURASE Toshiki Shimane University, Faculty of Law & Lit., Professor (70210036)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,050,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
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| Keywords | picture book / content analysis / personification / cross-cultural comparison / ontological knowledge / biological concept / baby talk / empathy |
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| Research Abstract |
Study 1 was performed to investigate the relationships between use of baby talk in Japanese parental speech and parents' beliefs. Japanese parents of children aged 18-20 months responded to questionnaires. The interdependence-oriented socialization goals were related to the empathy orientation of parental speech, and empathy orientation was related to the addition of personification suffixes and to phoneme repetition. The scaffolding orientation of parental speech was significantly related to phoneme repetition. An empathy-oriented picture-book reading style related positively to the repetition of phonemes and the addition of personification suffixes.
Study 2 and 3 investigated personification in picture books as an aspect of developmental niches in which Japanese and American children form biological concepts. Study 2 revealed that of the picture books recommended in booklists for babies or toddlers, a higher proportion of Japanese books included personification than did American ones, when collections of nursery rhymes were excluded. Study 3 showed that of picture books frequently checked out from public libraries, a higher proportion of Japanese books included personification than did American ones, and this tendency was more salient in picture books for babies or toddlers than for preschoolers.
The relationships between personification in Japanese linguistic and pictorial symbols and the empathy orientation of Japanese caregivers toward their children were discussed. Experimental studies need to investigate the effects of personification in linguistic and pictorial symbols on the formation of biological concepts, as a future direction.
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