How Bilingual Parents Talk to Children About Number in Mandarin and English.

ABSTRACT: Number-related language input has been shown to influence children's number word acquisition and mathematical ability. Significant differences exist between how Mandarin Chinese speaking parents and monolingual English-speaking parents use numeric language in speech to children. In particular, Mandarin Chinese speaking parents use cardinal number much more frequently in speech to children than do English speaking parents. However, because previous studies have been conducted cross-nationally, research has been unable to disentangle the influences of language from parental influence. The current study examined numeric language input to preschool children with bilingual Mandarin-English American parents. Results show that when parents speak to their children in Mandarin Chinese, children hea

SUBMITTER: Chang A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6527767 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature