Sarah Robins|Rebecca Treiman
Talking about writing: What we can learn from conversations between parents and their young children
Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University in St. Louis
six analyses using childes macwhinney 2000 explored whether parents 15 5yearold children talk writing parent speech might include information similarity print speech difference writing drawing parents could convey similarity print speech using words say name word refer spoken written language parents could differentiate writing drawing making syntactic semantic distinctions discussion two symbol systems results indicate parent speech includes types information however young children sometimes confuse writing drawing speech