01876caa a2200205   4500008004100000022001400041100002000055245016600075260000900241270008000250270002400330300001000354490001400364520102200378653009501400700002201495700002701517773005701544856006901601210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2582-4961  aPrema K. S. Rao 0aLinguistic Output During Preschooler-adult Shared Book Readings with Culturally Familiar and Less Familiar English Speaking Adult Readers: A Pilot Investigation   c2017  aAll India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangothri, Mysore, 570 006  mrao.prema@gmail.com  a27-35  vVolume 36  aThis pilot investigation compared the linguistic output of typically developing bilingual preschoolers during shared bookreadings with a culturally familiar adult (CF, who spoke in English as a second language) and US English-speaking adult reader (i.e., culturally less-familiar adult, LF). Two books, matched for sentence length and content, were shared with the children; book presentations were randomized and counter-balanced.Scripted questions were included during reading interactions. The language output during the shared book readings was transcribed and analyzed for linguistic features including mean length of utterance(MLU), and type-token ratio (TTR). Data analyses demonstrated that there was nosignificant difference in the linguistic output of preschoolers in response to CF & LF adult during shared bookreading. However, on MLU & TTR, differences in children's responses were observed when they wereread different books. The findings are discussed with its implications for cross-cultural research.  aShared-book reading, Preschoolers, Linguistic output, Culture and language, Early literacy  aJoan N. Kaderavek  aPrarthana Shivabasappa  aJournal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing  uhttp://192.168.102.7/jaiish/index.php/aiish/article/view/885/572