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Characterization of children’s verbal input in a forager-farmer population using long-form audio recordings and diverse input definitions

Topic:

NA

Authors:

Scaff, Casillas, Stieglitz, Cristia

Journal/Publication:

Infancy

Year:

2024
Participant Age Range:
6 –
58 months

Sample Size:

24

Participant Language:

Tsimane

Abstract:

There is little systematically collected quantitative empirical data on how much linguistic input children in small-scale societies encounter, with some estimates suggesting low levels of directed speech. We report on an ecologically-valid analysis of spe