Objective To explore maternal speech style and the influencing factors. Method Maternal speech style was coded with two dimensions of the level of the pragmatic and the level of the interactivity from the video of mother-infant dyads (n=30) over 9.5 to 17 months of age. Results The majority of mothers(42.4%) usually used mandatory language and more likely to use the imperative sentence and simple repeated statements; Chinese mothers (77.2%) used more mother-focused speech; According to the Results of cluster analysis, the maternal speech style could be divided into four types:high level of using language and high level of interaction (13.3%), low level of pragmatic and high level of interaction (16.7%), high level of pragmatic and low level of interaction (13.3%), low level of pragmatic and low level of interaction (56.7%). Conclusion Family socioeconomic status is related to the maternal speech style.
Key words
mother-infant interactivity /
maternal speech style /
sensitivity
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