DOCUMENT RESUME ED 225 379 FL 013 426 AUTHOR Proctor, Adele TITLE Linguistic Input: A Comprehensive Ihbliography. PUB DATE [82] NOTE 37p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies(131) EDRS PRICE HF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Child Development; *Child Language; *CrossCultural Studies; Cultural Influences; DevelopmentalStages; Disabilities; Exceptional Persons; *Imitation; *Language Acquisition; Language Skills;*Linguistic Competence; Parent Child Relationship; Psycholinguistics; *Speech Communication; Verbal Development; Young Children ABSTRACT A comprehensive bibliography onlinguistic input in the home, clinic, and/or classroomis presented. Three general categories of materials are included:language spoken to normal children, cross-cultural studies, andlanguage spoken to special populations. Linguistic input is a term thatrefers to the special language register that parents use to addressinfants and ypung children. Typically, language directed to youngchildren is contrasted with adult-to-adultconversation. Over 100 features of "baby talk" have been reported to occur crossculturally, in different socioeconomic groups and when parentsaddress their typical children. Adults who are not parents andolder children also adjust their language level when addressinginfants and younger children. Bidirectional behaviors (i.e., adultperceptions and the child's liilguistic level) appear to interact tostimulate the use of baby talk. It is suggested there is a need todecipher these interactive behaviors to conclusively establish therelevance of linguistic input for the language-learning child. Thebibliography includes an author index that indicates the category underwhich the author is listed. (SW) *********************************************************************** best that can be made * * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the *. * from the original document. *********************************************************************** Linguistic Input: A Comprehensive Bibliography. AdeleProctor, Northeastern University, Soston, MA, 02115, U.S.A. Introduccion: The special language register which parents useto address infants and young children has been labeled linguistic input, baby talk, motherese, fatherese, caregiverspeech, parental speech and maternal language. Typically, language directed to young children is contrasted with adultto adult conversation. Over 100 features of 'baby talk' have been reported to occur cross culturally, in different socioeconomic groups andwhen parents address their atypical children. Adults who are not parents and older children also adjust their language level when addressing infants and younger children. Bidirectional behaviors, i.e., adult perceptionsand the child's linguistic level, appear to interact to stimulatethe use of baby talk. Currently, there remains a need to decipher these interactive behaviors to conclusively establish the relevance of linguistic input for the language-learningchild. LT& DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION There are a number of methodological and theoretical issues EDUC6C,...i0:44.4.1 RESOURCES OIROHMATIUN CENTER XEHUI.D to:erg gi that require further study. lh 1,611 11).Ae. .rtja'"dtkl ,41,.0111,19 our-g9,3 670,h2 on-q-A2:e . _ The purpose of this comprehensive bibliography is to . _fr 3JOO4Li u. duCu ,01:0, WE ,Ori,utv,011 provide a data base for those who are interested in pursuing the study of linguistic input in the home, clinic and/or "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY .2) classroom. This set of references is organized around three t general categories: (1) language spoken to normal children; and (3) langUage spoken to TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (2) cross cultural studies; INFORMATION CENTER iERIC}." special populations. Because criteria for selecting references in each of the categories was looselydefined, an author index is provided citing author(s) and categoryunder which the author(s) is listed. The coding for this index is as follows: N (Normal CUldren), CC (CrossCultural) and SP (Special Populations). The organization of this guide was preparedwith the assistance of LindaRaskind, Graduate Student in Audiology. We are hopeful that the reader will find this a useful resource for teaching, clinicalwork and/or research. Adele Proctor, Sc.D. Assistant Professor Linguistic Input to Normal Children 3 Anderson, E.S. and Johnson, C.E. Modifications in the speech of an eight-year-old to younger children. Stan- ford Occassional Parers iL.Linguiztics, 1973, No. 3, 149-160. Anderson, E.S. A selected bibliography on languageinput to young children. _CAL-5RIC/CLL SeriesslnLanguaie and Linguistics, May, 1975, 22. Anderson, E.S. Young children's knowledge ofrole-related speech differences: A mommy is not a daddy is not a baby. Palers and Reports _Qn Child LanEuageDevelmment, Aug., 1977, No. 13,9. Baldwin, A.L. and Frank, S.M. Syntactic complexity in mother-child interactions. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development,March, 1969. Baldwin, A.L. and Baldwin, C.F. The study of mother-child interaction. Ameriun Scientist, 1973, 61,714-721. Barbour, N.B. Teaching verbal behaviour and itsrelation- ship to growth in child language. Document No. ED 133 087 (B.S. 009051). ERIC Document Reproduction Service. Bellinger, D. Changes in the explicitness of mothers' directions as children age. Journal of Child Language, 1979, 6, 443-458. Bellinger, D. Consistency in the pattern of changein mothers, speech: Some discriminant analyses. Journal of Child Language, 1980, 7, 3, 469-487. Bingham, N.E. Maternal speech to pre-linguisticinfants: Differences related to maternaljudgements of infant language competence. Unpublished paper, Cornell University, 1971. Bohannon, J.N., III and Marquis, A.L. Children's control of adult speech. LbilA Devtlooment, 1977, 48, 3, 1002-1008. Bolles, E.B. The innate grammar of baby talk. SaturdaY Review, 1972, 55,12, 52-55. Bonvillian, J.D., Raeburn, V.P and Baran,E.A. Talking to children: The effects of rate, intonationand length on children's sentenceimitation. Journal of Child Language, 1979, 6, 459-468. Linguistic Input to Normal Children 4 Broen, P.A. The verbal environment of the language learn- ing child. MonograPh of American Speech and Heiaring Association, December, 1972, No. 17. Buium, N. Inte'rrogative types in parental speech to language learning children: A linguistic universe? Research RePort No. 5, Minnesota University,Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Dec.,1973. Bullock, D. and Zare, S. Determinants of word-choice in mothers' speech to three-year-olds. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September,1980. Cazden, C. Environmental assistance to the child's acqui- sition of grammar. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, 1965. Cazden, C. Peekaboo as an instructional model. Discourse development at home and school. PaPers and Reorts saq Child LanztlaEk Development, 1979, 17,1-29. Chapman, B.S., Leavitt, L.A., Miller J.F. and Stevenson, M. Cognition, language and social skills inpreschool children. Igkil.rig Research, 1980,14, 432. Chapman, R.S. Mother-child interaction in the second year of life: Its role in language development. In R. Schiefelbusch and D. Bricker (Eds.). Early languaEe: Accuis_itlon and intervention. Baltimore: University Park Press, 1981. Cherry, L. The preschool teacher-child dyad: Sex dif- ferences in verbal interaction. Child Development, 1975, 46, 532-536. Cherry, L. and Lewis, M. Mothers and two year olds: A study of sex differentiated verbal interactions. In N. Waterson and C. Snow (Eds.). The development of commulli&Atign. New York: Wiley, 1978. Clarke-Stewart, K.A. Interactions between mothers and their young children: Characteristics and consequences. Monogra_phs kr. thg Society for Researoh .1,n DeveloP- ment, 1973, 38 (6-7, Serial No. 153). Cohen, S.E. and Beckwith, L. Maternal language in infancy. Developmental PsychologAr. 1976, 12,4, 371-372. Corsaro, W. The Clarification request as afeatu're of adult interactive styles with youngchildren. Language in Society, 1976, 183-207. Linguistic Input to Normal Children 5 Corsaro, W. Sociolinguistic patterns in adult-child in- teractions. In E. Ochs and B. Schieffelin (Eds.). DeveloPmental Pragmatics, New York: Academic Press, 1979. Cross, T.G. The role of parent-child discourse patterns in the young child's acquisition of language. In D. Riegel (Ed.). Lapguage development and disorders. Melbourne: Wilke, 1973. Cross, T.G. Motherese: Its association with rate of syn- tactic acquisition in young children. Pragmatics Micro- fiche, 1975, 1, 5, B1-C2. Cross, T.G. Mothers' speech adjustments: The contribution of selected child listener variables. In C. Snow and C. Ferguson (Eds.). Talking .to children. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. Cross, T.G. Mothers' speech adjustments and child language. learning: Some methodological considerations. Language Scienc_es, 1979,1, 3-25. Cross, T.G. Parental speech as primary linguistic data: Some complexities in the study of effect ofthe input in language acquisition. In P. Dale and D. Ingram (Eds.). Child - An inte_EDI,11g.n.4.1Perslective. Baltimore, MD: University Park Press, 1981, 215-228. Cymbalista, D. and Bornstein, M.H. Why we talk baby talk to babies. Paper presented at the International Con- ference.on Infant Development, Austin, Texas, March, 1982. Dale, P.S. Hesitations in maternal speech. Language and Speech, 1974, 17, 2,174-181. Davis, H. A