Prosódia e funções discursivas das interrogativas na Fala Dirigida à Criança (Prosody and discursive functions of questions in Infant-Directed Speech)

We investigated interrogatives produced in infant-direct speech by adults interacting with Brazilian babies. IDS shows syntactic, lexical, prosodic changes and high rate of questions. We collected data from four babies (aged from 4 to 12 months-old) and their caregivers and characterized the questio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Name, Cristina, Sosa, Juan Manuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB)
Repositorio:Estudos da Língua(gem)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.periodicos2.uesb.br:article/12066
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos2.uesb.br/index.php/estudosdalinguagem/article/view/12066
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Fala dirigida à criança; Perguntas; Prosódia; Funções discursivas; Aquisição da linguagem.
Infant-directed speech; Questions; Prosody; Discursive functions; Language acquisition.
Discurso dirigido al niño; Preguntas; Prosodia; Funciones discursivas; Adquisición del lenguaje.
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Sumario:We investigated interrogatives produced in infant-direct speech by adults interacting with Brazilian babies. IDS shows syntactic, lexical, prosodic changes and high rate of questions. We collected data from four babies (aged from 4 to 12 months-old) and their caregivers and characterized the questions in their prosodic aspects and discursive functions. We found that most questions were marked by one or more prosodic features. Initially, the questions seek to engage the baby, are rhetorical and quite highlighted. At six months, the number of semi-rhetoric ones, which aim to verify understanding, grows. At ten months, full questions, seeking new information and clear answers, increase. The results suggest that the interrogative functions are in line with the development of the baby's ability to dialogue with the adult, with prosody playing an important role in highlighting distinctions between utterances and intentions of the adult, potentiating the baby's cognitive, linguistic, affective and social development.