Here is an interesting language sample during the Baby Lab from which the researchers are able to dissect Lily's language. We play in a room full of toys, including a play kitchen. You can see lots of language learning "strategies" in this discussion including repetition, reinforcement, expansion, and clarifying. You can also see I use a lot of "wanna" and "gonna." Is that my Midwest accent? Note to remember: Speak better when being recorded in the Baby Lab.
M Do you wanna get some food out?
C baby.
M Oh baby.
M Should we get some food for the baby?
+ Lily understands and goes to cabinet.
C out.
M You remember.
M you remember where the food is.
C out_out_out.
M Oh you got all the food.
M What do you see in there?
C [o].
M hmmm.
C oh_no {/a:no/}.
M Oh no!
C hmmm.
M What/'s that?
C X.
M Is that chicken?
C X {/IshIn/} {holds up cone}.
M ice_cream!
M Do/3s a baby eat ice_cream?
C yeah.
M Yeah?
C baby {heads to feed baby}.
M Here baby.
M What kind of ice_cream is that?
C X.
M Is it strawberry?
M Or is it chocolate?
C X {nice attempt at chocolate /tautau/}[pcf].
+ giggles and shows mom what she found.
M You found>
M Ope that/'s the chicken.
M It look/3s like chocolate, but it/'s chicken.
M Hey what/'s that?
C X {popcorn /paupau}[pcf].
M You/'re right, it/'s popcorn.
M oh maybe baby want/3s popcorn.
C there go {dE go} {hands to baby}.
M There you go baby.
C X {aIshIn}[pcf].
M Ice_cream.
C there.
M there.
M Okay what else for baby?
M Anything?
C wash {very clear}.
M you wanna wash?
M Okay wash the dish/s.
C hmm.
C no.
M No?
M You just gonna put it down?
C soup_soup_soup {with sh}.
M Uh_huh you are very strong.
C soup.
M soup?
M you wanna make some more soup?
M Here you can pour the little soup into the big soup.
M You are right, yep {commenting on her placement of dishes}.
M I wonder if there/'s any spoon/s?
M Hmmm.
M Here, here/'s a spoon.
M anything else?
M Oh you got them out again?
M Did you wanna put it in this side?
M Op Lily look.
C Hmm.
M What/'s that?
C egg {final consonant omitted}.
M Egg, you/'re right.
M Should we cook the egg on the stove?
M Oh you/'re gonna put it in the microwave?
M Good idea.
M That/'s where mommy make/3s her egg/s.
C mmm.
M Is it all_done?
C all_done [im].
M All_done.
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