• Sharing food with infants in Hadza communities in Tanzania 

      Abels, Monika; Osokina, Marianna; Kilale, Andrew Martin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-28)
      By analyzing mealtime interactions of Tanzanian Hadza infants with their interactional partners, we explored how two foundational schemas, namely giving/sharing and autonomy are realized and fostered in infants. We focused on three aspects of the mealtime interactions, namely how the infants’ share was protected, whether independent eating was fostered by the infants’ interactional partners, and ...
    • Speech acts addressed to Hadza infants in Tanzania: Cross-cultural comparison, speaker age, and camp livelihood 

      Abels, Monika; Kilale, Andrew Martin; Vogt, Paul (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-20)
      This study deals with speech acts addressed to Hadza infants in Tanzania, a group that has traditionally lived off hunting and gathering. Three research questions are addressed: How do Hadza speech acts compare with those found in previous studies in other cultures? Are there differences between child and adult speakers? And do speech acts differ with camp livelihood patterns? Speech acts are seen ...