References to Mental States in Mother–Child Conversation in the Second Year of Life

摘要: Research into social influences on young children’s growing understanding of others’ inner states has highlighted the value early conversational exchanges. This longitudinal study was aimed at investigating whether and how mothers changed their state words when children were 16 months olds (T1) 4 later (T2), children’ s ability to use references mental 20 months. Overall language measures (e.g. number words, mean length utterances) internal labels analyzed during play interactions T1 T2 for mothers, children. Results that partially modified mentalistic vocabulary over Moreover, maternal directed other is linked with a commentary function T2. Conversation caregivers daily activity may constitute, children, key practice enhance metarepresentation skills.