Publications

Publication details [#49960]

Okanda, Mako and Shoji Itakura. 2007. Do Japanese children say 'yes' to their mothers? A naturalistic study of response bias in parent-toddler conversations. First Language 27 (4) : 421–429.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

culture | mother-child conversation | response | yes-no question

Language as a subject

Japanese

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Annotation

This study demonstrates a strong yes bias in Japanese 2 to 3;11 year old children's responses to yes-no questions asked by their own mothers at home. This yes bias appears to constitute a general phenomenon, in addition to which young Japanese children show specific response trends..