Exploring Children's Causal Language Production: The Role of Mothers and Fathers Across Different Tasks in Dyadic Interactions

Abstract

Causal language is essential for children's language development, helping them understand and explain the reasons behind events. This study focuses on children's causal language production and the role of parental input, aiming to (1) investigate differences in maternal and paternal language use, (2) analyse children's causal language production across tasks and communication partners, and (3) examine the relationship between parental input and children's causal language skills. Sixty children aged 4-5 and their parents participated in dyadic sessions, which included free play, guided play, and storytelling tasks. Results showed that fathers used more causal language than mothers during free play, and children also produced more causal language with their fathers in this context compared to storytelling. Overall, both maternal and paternal causal language inputs were linked to children's causal language production, highlighting the significant influence of parental input on language development. Nedensel dil, & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n dil geli & scedil;imi i & ccedil;in temel & ouml;neme sahiptir ve onlar & imath;n olaylar & imath;n ard & imath;ndaki nedenleri anlamalar & imath;na ve a & ccedil;& imath;klamalar & imath;na yard & imath;mc & imath; olur. Bu & ccedil;al & imath;& scedil;ma, & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n nedensel dil & uuml;retimine ve ebeveyn girdisinin rol & uuml;ne odaklanarak (1) anne ve baba dil kullan & imath;mlar & imath; aras & imath;ndaki farkl & imath;l & imath;klar & imath; incelemeyi, (2) & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n farkl & imath; g & ouml;revler ve ileti & scedil;im partnerleri ba & gbreve;lam & imath;nda nedensel dil & uuml;retimini analiz etmeyi ve (3) ebeveyn girdisi ile & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n nedensel dil becerileri aras & imath;ndaki ili & scedil;kiyi ara & scedil;t & imath;rmay & imath; ama & ccedil;lamaktad & imath;r. D & ouml;rt-be & scedil; ya & scedil; aral & imath;& gbreve;& imath;nda 60 & ccedil;ocuk ve ebeveynleri, serbest oyun, y & ouml;nlendirilmi & scedil; oyun ve hikaye anlat & imath;m & imath; g & ouml;revlerini i & ccedil;eren ikili etkile & scedil;im oturumlar & imath;na kat & imath;lm & imath;& scedil;t & imath;r. Bulgular, babalar & imath;n serbest oyun s & imath;ras & imath;nda annelere k & imath;yasla daha fazla nedensel dil kulland & imath;& gbreve;& imath;n & imath; ve & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n da bu ba & gbreve;lamda babalar & imath;yla etkile & scedil;imde hikaye anlat & imath;m & imath;na k & imath;yasla daha fazla nedensel dil & uuml;retti & gbreve;ini g & ouml;stermi & scedil;tir. Genel olarak, hem anne hem de baba nedensel dil girdileri, & ccedil;ocuklar & imath;n nedensel dil & uuml;retimiyle ili & scedil;kili bulunmu & scedil; ve ebeveyn girdisinin dil geli & scedil;imi & uuml;zerindeki belirgin etkisini ortaya koymu & scedil;tur.