$ Charlie, Mother, Father, Ianner

$ Charlie, Mother, Father, Ianner

+ Recorded November 8, 1988.

+ Age: 2;5.

+ Context: Book reading (The Three Little Kittens).

F What do the kitties do?

C no phaj.

no pie. (= the kitty has no pie)

C thithi no phaj.

kitty no pie.

F The kitties didn’t get any pie?

C no:.

no.

F Why not?

C mʌm.

mom.

F The mom said no pie kitty.

C no.

no.

F Ah, look’s like they’re eating pie there.

C no.

no.

F Do you think they’re happy?

C jɛa.

yeah.

C miph happhi.

me happy. (= I’m happy)

C aj majn juh.

I mine <juice>.

F Are you happy?

C jɛa.

yeah.

F Why are you happy?

C m hm m hm m hm.

< >.

+ child laughs.

C thithi ʌp haj.

kitty up high. (= The kitty is up high)

F Oh, is one up high?

C jɛa.

yeah.

F What he’s doing?

C m m.

m m.

F Looks like he’s getting ready to go out.

C m hm.

< >.

F He’s putting socks on.

C jɛa.

yeah.

C bʊ.

< >.

C mi majn du.

me mine < >.

C je: ɪdo thithi phe jɛ:n.

yes, <he go> kitty play <airplane>.

F He plays with the airplane.

C je.

yes.

C ɪdo thə phe ajno.

He go to play <airplane>.

F Do you play with an airplane like that?

C aj phe ɪnaj ej.

I play Ianner’s airplane. (= I play with Ianner’s airplane)

F You play with Ianner’s airplane?

C jɛ.

yeah.

F What does Ianner say?

C ɪno phe majn.

Ianner plays mine. (= Ianner plays with mine)

C ɪno phe, ɪno aje no:.

Ianner play, Ianner airplane no. (= I don’t play with Ianner’s airplane)

F He doesn’t like you playing with his?

C no.

no.

F no?

C no.

no.

F You need to get your own airplane.

C no.

no.

F Then you can play with your airplane.

C jɛa.

yeah.

C ɪno majn njej ʌp haj.

Ianner mine plane up high. (= yes, Ianner can play with mine)

F He plays with your airplane up high?

C jɛa.

yeah.

F Does it go way up high?

C na.

no.

C majn bu.

mine book. (= my book)

C aj mo bʊ.

I more book. (= I have more books)

F Let’s look at this one.

C aj mo bʊk.

I more book. (= I have more books)

F I want...

F I want to see about this pie.

C aj mo bʊk.

I more book. (= I have more books)

F I know you’ve got more books.

+ Reading picture book.

F Oh this kitty cat.

F He lost his mitten.

C jɛa.

yeah.

C miʔo.

mitten.

F You have your mittens?

C aj bjiw.

I pew.

F This one can’t find his mittens.

C aj pjiw.

I pew.

F You did a pew?

C jɛ.

yeah.

C aj pjiw.

I pew.

F How about this other?

F They’re saying mommy.

C no.

no.

F no mittens.

C no.

no.

F It says they started to cry.

F They started going wæ˜.

C tɪti wa~.

kitty cry.

F You think they’re big kitties or just baby kitties?

C m.

m.

C haj thɪthi.

high kitty. (= big kitties)

F They’re big kitties?

C no, ma~ thɪthi.

no, small kitty. (= small kitties)

F They’re baby kitties?

C jɛ.

yeah.

F Oh.

F Are you a big boy or a baby boy?

C m, mi haj.

m, me high. (= I’m big)

F You’re high.

F You’re a big boy.

C mi mi.

me me.

F You’re a baby?

C no mi mi.

no me me.

F You’re Charlie.

C jɛ.

yeah.

F yeah.

C mamɪ.

mommy.

F What’s their mommy making?

M < >.

C mi pjɪw.

me pew.

M Again, another pew?

C je.

yeah.

M How about putting on a pair of dipes?

F <In case a pew comes, it might be a good idea.>

C pɪwi.

pewy.

C pɪwi.

pewy.

+ Cooing.

M He told me that that baby was crying.

M Because it didn’t have any pie.

M That baby we saw today.

M The one with no hair.

C no.

no.

F No pie.

C wo:.

whoa.

C phɪwɪʔ.

pewy.

C mi hi no.

me here no. (= I am not here)

F Where’s Charlie?

F I can’t see him.

M I don’t think he’s here.

F There he is.

F Oh, gone again.

+ laughter.

M Charlie.

F Charlie.

F Oops!

M Are you here Charlie?

F He keeps disappearing.

M He’s hiding.

F I can’t see him.

C jɛ.

yeah.

F Yeah.

F Oh, yes I can.

F Nope!

F I can’t see him anymore.

F Oh, there he is.

F I see him.

F He covers his eyes like that we can’t see him.

C mɪhi no.

me here no. (= I am not here/I am here now)

F Can I see you?

F Oh, there!

M There you go.

M All set.

M Well I just diped somebody here.

M I don’t know who this is.

M But I diped someone.

+ Cooing.

F I think it’s a kitty cat.

M < > out the door for Ianner.

C mɪmɪ.

me me.

C aj maj kju.

I my <gun>. (= I have my gun [otomotopoeic < pew])

F < > Mommy can say.

C aj majn kju.

I my <gun>. (= I have my gun)

C aj majn kju.

I my <gun>. (= I have my gun)

C aj majn kju.

I my <gun>. (= I have my gun)

+ Waiting for Ianner.

F You gonna have your gun ready in case Ianner comes in?

C jɛa.

yeah.

F He’s not here yet.

M A few minutes yet.

F We’ll read about.

C < >.

< >.

F We’ll read.

M He’s not the first one out of there.

F He’s not.

M No.

M Sometimes I think he stays and finishes his work.

C aj majn kju.

I my <gun>. (= I have my gun)

M Which he doesn’t say but I think it might be the case.

C no phaj.

no pie.

+ Reading picture book.

F Oh, he says you can’t have any pie.

F You lost your mittens.

F No pie.

F What a shame!

C ŋaw naw.

now now.

F Now she’s busy making the pies.

C jɛa.

yeah.

F Yeah, looks like a minced m, mice pie.

C naw naw.

now now.

C naw.

now.

F < > cause he had no mittens.

M Shall we start from the beginning, and tell the whole story from the beginning?

C jɛa.

yeah.

M Ok.

C no phay.

no pie.

C no phay.

no pie.

M I’m afraid not.

C no.

no.

M No pie.

C no phay.

no pie.

C ɪda mama no phay.

Deda, mommy no pie.

M < >.

C majn majn bʊ.

mine mine book. (= my book)

C majnə bʊ.

mine book. (= my book)

C ɪdo majnə bʊʔ.

Deda mine book. (= Deda my book)

M Is that your room there?

C no.

no.

C ɪdo majnə bʊ.

Deda mine book. (Deda has my book)

C bʊə bu.

book a book.

M It is your book.

M Yes, it is your book.

C waj win majnə bʊ.

<mine> swing mine book.

M The swing book is your book, too.

M Yes, it is.

C thɪthi bʊmajn bʊ.

kitty book mine book.

M The kitty book.

M That is your book too.

C jɛa.

yeah.

C ʌhʌ.

uhuh.

C də ma:jnə bʊk, ida.

that mine book, Deda. (= that is my book)

F This one, too.

C jɛa.

yeah.

F About the boats.

M We’ve never read this book.

C mi mi mi mi mi mi mi.

me me me me me me me.

M We’ve never read this book.

C mi mi.

me me.

M Have you read it yourself?

C jɛa.

yeah.

M Well.

C aj no moa.

I no more. (= I don’t <read it> anymore)

M We can read it if you like.

C no aj <thithi>.

no I kitty. (= no, I *read kitty.)

M Let’s read it again and see < >.

C no moa tʃitʃi.

no more kitty.

M No more kitty book?

C no.

no.

C ɪnə ɪnə ho:m.

Ianner Ianner home. (= Ianner is coming home)

C mi du iænə.

me shoot Ianner.

M You don’t have to hide quite yet.

M You’ve got about five minutes.

M A little bit of time before.

F Lots of time.

C hajt hajd.

hide, hide.

M Don’t hide yet.

C oh.

oh.

+ Charlie hides.

F It’s gonna, it’s gonna be a while.

M It will be a while.

C haj hajd.

hide, hide.

C hajd.

hide.

C hajd no.

hide Ianner. (= hide from Ianner)

C hajth naw.

hide now.

M A sniper in there.

C mi hajd.

me hide. (= I hide)

F You’re hiding?

M In his hiding hole.

C mi hajd naw.

me hide now. (= I hide now)

F He’s hiding.

F < >.

M I don’t see him anywhere.

C mi ɪda.

me Deda.

C mi mi phe e ɪda.

me me play air<plane> Deda. (= I play with the airplane Deda)

C ɪda phe.

Deda play.

C ɪda mi phe do: jɛa.

Deda me play < > yeah. (= Deda and I <will> play < >, yeah)

M Ah, I don’t think you should play with it right now.

C ɪda mi phe jɛa jɛa.

Deda me play yeah, yeah. (= Deda <will> play with me)

M Well if he says, but we better ask him first.

M Come.

M That would be something I would check with Deda on first.

C aj mo bʊk.

I more book. (= I <want> more books)

M Yeah, more books.

C ɪda mi phej.

Deda me play. (= Deda and I <will> play)

C ɪda jɛa.

Deda yeah.

M Are all these all your books?

C jɛa.

Yeah.

C win bʊk.

read book.

C majnə bʊk.

mine book. (= <Let’s> read my book)

M Yes it is.

C ɪda mi phe do: jɛa.

Deda me play <that> yeah. (= Deda and I <will> play <that> yeah)

M <He does let you play with it?>

C jɛa.

yeah.

M Well, maybe not right now, ok?

C o: mə.

Oh man.

C mi mi mi.

me me me.

C mi bɪw.

me pewy. (= I’m smelly)

M You’re gonna have a Charlie tape on there.

C mi bɪw.

me pew. (= I smell)

M your pew.

M <Your pew’s all taken care of>.

C do bɪw.

that pewy. (= That’s pewy)

C do mi bɪw.

that me pew. (= that <is> my pew)

M Huh.

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

M Oh, play with it?

+ Playing with the microphone.

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

M Well.

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

C mi phe.

me play. (= I play)

M Is it fun to play with that tape recorder?

C jɛa.

yeah.

C mi ciə.

me see. (= I’ll look)

C mi ci.

me see.

M You’ll see?

C jɛa.

yeah.

+ taps on microphone

C ɛʔ.

< >.

M < >.

M <You’re funny>.

C do mi tʃi.

That me see.

M You certainly can see. (= look at it)

C mi phe don no.

me play <that> no.

M Don’t push button.

C mi phe don naw no.

me play <that> now no.

C mi tʃə.

me <see>.

C aj phe no.

I play no. (= I don’t play)

C aj phe.

I play.

C i doə no:.

<he don’t know>.

M no.

no.

C ida.

Deda.

C ida mamɪtʃi.

Deda, mommy see.

M Would you show me how <you play>.

C ida ida.

Deda, Deda.

C ida.

Deda.

C ida ida.

Deda, Deda.

M Oh, Deda < >.

C no.

no.

C mamə don no.

mommy won’t do.

M No, mommy won’t do that.

C no.

no.

C mami don no.

mommy won’t do.

M I won’t do that.

M Only Deda does that. (works the taperecorder)

C jɛa.

yeah.

C ɪda do jɛa.

Deda, does yeah.

C do?

that?

M Don’t, don’t, don’t turn that, ok love?

M Cause that might mess it up.

C no no no.

no, no, no.

M See that little red light on there?

C jɛa.

yeah.

C ɪda ɪda.

Deda, Deda.

+ Telephone rings.

M < >.

C ɪda ɪda ni ni:.

Deda, Deda <needs me>.

C doh moə.

that moves.

C doh mo mo:.

that move, move.

M It’s moving, yeah it is.

C do.

that.

M <Oh that was the thing you were pushing>.

C e:ht.

<egg>.

M Is it an eight on there?

C no: o.

no o.

C o:.

o.

C haj, haj mam.

hide, hide mom.

C aj o:.

I < >.

+ wierd sound

C mi do:.

me do.

C mi do do, do.

me <do do that>.

M I no, I really wouldn’t do that.

C ohkhe mam.

ok mom. (= mommy play)

M Well

C ida ida ida.

Deda, Deda, Deda.

C ida ida.

Deda, Deda.

C ida do jɛa.

Deda do yeah.

M Yeah, Deda can do this.

C ida do jɛa:.

Deda do yeah.

M Ianner will be home very soon.

C ida.

Deda.

C iəno phe don no.

Ianner play don’t no. (=Ianner won’t play)

M No, I don’t think he should do that.

M He can’t play with that.

C do ha.

that <huh>.

C ida moʔ.

Deda move.

C ida mo.

Deda move.

C no hajd.

no hide.

C mi haj.

me hide. (= I hide)

M You gonna hide?

C jɛa.

yeah.

M < >.

C mi ho.

me hide.

C mi haj ɪn ə.

me hide in there.

M You hide in there?

C mi haj ɪn ə.

me hide in there.

C mi haj ɪn ə.

me hide in there.

C mi haj ɪn ə.

me hide in there.

M I’ll tell you when I see him coming.

M I haven’t heard anybody yet.

C mi si ʌp.

me sit up.

C mi si ʌp.

me sit up.

M yeah, you sit up.

C mʊmi.

mommy.

C ə bʊ.

a book

C ə bʊ.

a book

C ə bʊ.

a book

C mi bʊ.

me book. (= my book)

C mi ə bʊk.

me <a> book. (= my book)

C mi ə bʊ.

me <a> book. (= my book)

C aj no mɔ.

I no more.

C aj bʊ.

I book (= my book)

C aj no mɔ.

I no more.

C mami.

mommy.

M Aha?

M You not brr any more? (= cold)

C no.

no.

M You need your top off lamb?

C jɛa.

yeah.

M ok.

M If you do get cold, would you say?

M And we’ll put it back on again?

C jɛa.

yeah.

C waw.

wow.

C mi <ɸu>.

me < >.

C mi no mɔko naw.

me no more cold now.

C mi haj mam.

me hot mom.

M < pull your hair, excuse me>.

C mi <mo> biw.

me more pew. (= I did more pew)

M You got more pew?

C jɛa.

yeah.

M That was a pretty rich lunch we had.

C biw.

pew.

C haj biw.

high pew. (= big pew)