Research Projects

Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2015

Ecological Details on Environment as the Foundation for Developing Language and Communication Skills

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Grant number
23601020
Grant amount
(Total)
5,590,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
4,300,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
1,290,000 Japanese Yen

With the objective of discussing how language ability emerges in infants through everyday interaction with parents playing with toys together, we analyzed video recordings of toy-based interactions between an infant-mother pair made over a 6 - 24 month period. The analysis focused on "supportive interactions by the parent with the infant," and "exploratory and performatory interaction with objects by the infant." We observed the interactive process between mother and child with toys by firstly recording the continuous progression of actions and speech by both the mother and infant. Secondly, we described the interactive development accompanying changes in the position of objects, and thirdly, we described the development of cooperative activities between both mother and infant.

Link information
URL
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/file/KAKENHI-PROJECT-23601020/23601020seika.pdf
ID information
  • Grant number : 23601020