DIREKTIIVSED KÕNEAKTID EELKOOLIEALISTELE LASTELE SUUNATUD KÕNES, NENDE SEOTUS LAPSEVANEMA HARIDUSTASEMEGA JA MÕJU LAPSE SÕNAVARALE
DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN CHILD DIRECTED SPEECH, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE PARENT AND THE CHILD’S VOCABULARY

Summary/Abstract: Directive speech acts are a natural part of speech which help parents to direct or guide the child’s activities as well as to teach them. The aim of this article is to describe 1) the level of directness-indirectness used in spontaneous child-directed speech, 2) whether and how the frequency and type (i.e. the cognitive complexity) of directive speech acts are related to the parent’s education level and 3) whether directness is a hindering factor for the child’s vocabulary. The data used in the research includes 9 hours of spontaneous speech recordings. The speech of a total of six families have been analysed: three families where the mother has higher education and three with mothers who have secondary education.

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