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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
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