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.

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关于您说话方式的一些事：对基于儿童语言的社会偏好的荟萃分析

人们对语言提示（口音，方言，语言）在推动儿童的社会偏好中的作用越来越感兴趣。这项荟萃分析整合了131种效应量，涉及2680名2天至11岁的婴儿和儿童。总体而言，儿童比母语非母语的人更喜欢母语，母语和母语的人（d  = 0.57）。Meta回归突出显示， 与单语者（d  = 0.62）相比，双语者（d = 0.93）没有表现出更少的母语使用者偏好。孩子显示基于口音（更强偏好d  = 1.04）比方言（d  = 0.44）和语言（d = 0.39）。儿童的文化背景，接触非母语的言语，年龄和偏好措施不是重要的主持人。我们根据对何时以及为什么儿童表现出基于语言的社会偏好的几种理论解释来讨论数据。