Abstract
Primary objective: This longitudinal and naturalistic study aimed to investigate systematically the focus, the thematic sequences, the complexity and the speech acts of paternal infant-directed speech. Method and procedure: Towards this goal, 11 infant–father dyads were video-recorded in spontaneous interactions at home from the second to the sixth month of infants' lives. Main results: Infant-focused speech (particularly infant attention and emotion thematic sequences) and dyad-focused paternal speech (clarification requests and ‘sharing’ of behaviour thematic sequences) were dominant. Paternal infant-directed thematic sequences were expressed through numeric repetitions and in open-ended questions more often than any other complexity and speech act category. Conclusions: The results are discussed in the frame of the Theory of Innate Intersubjectivity.
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