Preregistration for kinship terms of address and reference for grandparents in Singapore

Preregistration Documents. The use of kinship terms of address and reference reflects the concept of language socialization. Kinship terms use can be referred to as child-centred, when an adult uses the word a child would normally use to label a person, when talking to the child. The language context of Singapore may be described as a contact language environment subject to rapid intergenerational change. The main question being investigated in this study is how Singaporean parents use child-centred naming when it comes to naming their child’s grandparent(s) in different contexts. This preregistration describes the hypotheses and analysis plan for a survey designed for Singaporean parents of young children. V1.2 unrestricts the document V1.3 removes terms of use for embargo