L1 Acquisition in Social Interaction

Two recordings of interactions!

*MOT: come here and look at the book with Mommy .

*CHI: whoo .

*CHI: whoo woo .

*MOT: come look at the picture of the horse .

*MOT: what’s that honey ?

*CHI: xxx .

*MOT: what’s that ?

*CHI: xxx .

*MOT: hm: (.) what’s that ?

*MOT: remember ?

*CHI: dey [: they] .

*MOT: who ?

*MOT: remember ?

*CHI: who .

*MOT: hunm (.) horsie (.) horsie .

*CHI: horsie .

*CHI: horsie .

*MOT: that’s horsie .

*MOT: and what does the horsie say ?

*MOT: do you remember what the horsie says ?

*CHI: eueueu@o .

*MOT: no horsie says eheeheeheehee@o .

*MOT: try it honey (.) heeheeheeheeheehee@o .

*CHI: ahu@o .

*CHI: ahu@o .

*CHI: ahu@o .

*MOT: yes (.) that is what the horsie says .

*MOT: neheeheeheeheehee@o .

*CHI: ahuhuhu@o .

*MOT: and what is this (.) a piggie .

*CHI: piggie .

*MOT: piggie right .

*CHI: piggie .

*MOT: what’s a piggie say ?

*MOT: what does the piggie say ?

*CHI: piggie .

*MOT: piggie says oink@o oink@o .

*CHI: oug@o oug@o .

*CHI: that brown shirt looks like a cowboy shirt .

*CHI: it looks like a cowboy vest .

*MOT: uhhuh .

*CHI: is it a cowboy vest ?

*CHI: is it a cowboy vest ?

*MOT: well (.) you could pretend it’s a cowboy vest .

*MOT: I don’t know whether it was meant to be actually a cowboy vest but you could say it was a cowboy vest .

*CHI: then it could be a cowboy vest .

*MOT: yeah .

*CHI: and it looks like one .

*CHI: and what round pockets .

*CHI: look at my scratch now .

*MOT: well (.) does that look better .

*MOT: wow (.) I bet it doesn’t even hurt any more (.) does it ?

*CHI: yes (.) it does .

*CHI: when I scratch it (.) it does .

*MOT: oh (.) it looks much better .

*MOT: it really does .