University of Queensland.
Child Dev. 2021 Mar;92(2):517-535. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13548. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
There is growing interest in the role of linguistic cues (accents, dialects, language) in driving children's social preferences. This meta-analysis integrated 131 effect sizes involving 2,680 infants and children from 2 days old to 11 years. Overall, children prefer native-accent, native-dialect, and native-language speakers over non-native counterparts (d = 0.57). Meta-regression highlighted that bilinguals (d = 0.93) do not exhibit less native-speaker preference compared to monolinguals (d = 0.62). Children displayed stronger preferences based on accent (d = 1.04) than dialect (d = 0.44) and language (d = 0.39). Children's cultural background, exposure to non-native speech, age, and preference measure were not significant moderators. The data are discussed in light of several theoretical explanations for when and why children show linguistic-based social preferences.
人们对语言线索（口音、方言、语言）在驱动儿童社会偏好方面的作用越来越感兴趣。这项荟萃分析综合了 131 项涉及 2680 名婴儿和儿童的效应量，年龄从 2 天大到 11 岁。总体而言，儿童更喜欢母语口音、母语方言和母语说话者，而不是非母语说话者（d=0.57）。元回归强调，双语者（d=0.93）与单语者（d=0.62）相比，并没有表现出较少的母语者偏好。基于口音（d=1.04）的儿童偏好强于基于方言（d=0.44）和语言（d=0.39）的偏好。儿童的文化背景、非母语语音接触、年龄和偏好测量都不是显著的调节因素。这些数据是根据几种关于儿童何时以及为何表现出基于语言的社会偏好的理论解释进行讨论的。
