Date of Publication

2004

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Educational Leadership and Management

Thesis Adviser

Maria Fe A. Ferrer

Defense Panel Chair

Flordeliza C. Reyes

Defense Panel Member

Marikita T. Evangelista
Maricar Gustilo De Ocampo

Abstract/Summary

The study investigates how the four (phonological, lexical, syntactic, and conversational) features of child-directed speech (CDS) vary when Chinese-Filipino mothers are grouped according to their work status, age, and the gender of their children. Mothers and their firstborns were observed and videotaped in their respective homes doing their daily life activities. Transcriptions were made, translated, categorized, and analyzed. The results revealed that working mothers and full-rime mothers did not differ in the way they talked with their firstborns. The gender of the child did not significantly affect mothers' CDS. Young mothers (with an average age of 23.5 years old) differed from their older (with an average age of 33 years old) counterparts in their use of the phonological features--especially in the use of prosodic stress, which is characterized by the melodic intonation and varying frequencies commonly used with preverbal babies--of CDS. Further analysis revealed that these old mothers had older children than the children of young mothers. Mothers of older children used more adult-like speech, keeping up with the improving language capability of their children. The findings indicate that it is the age and capability of the child and culture that influence the speech pattern used by mothers.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Electronic

Accession Number

CDTG003713

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Keywords

Speech; Children--Language; Mother and child

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