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- Title
Fathers' Infant-Directed Speech in a Small-Scale Society.
- Authors
Broesch, Tanya; Bryant, Gregory A.
- Abstract
When speaking to infants, mothers often alter their speech compared to how they speak to adults, but findings for fathers are mixed. This study examined interactions (N = 30) between fathers and infants (Mage ± SD = 7.8 ± 4.3 months) in a small-scale society in Vanuatu and two urban societies in North America. Fundamental frequency (F0 ) and speech rate were measured in infant-directed and adult-directed speech. When speaking to infants, fathers in both groups increased their F0 range, yet only Vanuatu fathers increased their average F0 . Conversely, North American fathers slowed down their speech rate to infants, whereas Vanuatu fathers did not. Behavioral traits can vary across distant cultures while still potentially solving similar communicative problems.
- Subjects
MOTHER-infant relationship; CHILD-adult communication; INFANT development; SPEECH perception in infants; FATHER-infant relationship; VOICE frequency; LANGUAGE &; languages
- Publication
Child Development, 2018, Vol 89, Issue 2, pe29
- ISSN
0009-3920
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/cdev.12768