306A: Special edition

1. 306A: Special edition • First-language acquisition • Guest lecturer

2. 1st language acquisition

3. Do we need to know this?

4. Yes

5. What I mean is, ah, will it be on the exam?

6. Yes

7. Stages • Pre-natal • 0 - 2 mo • reflexive, vegetative • 2 - 5 mo • responsive cooing, laughing • 4 - 7 mo • babbling • 6 - 12 mo • reduplicative babbling • 9 - 18 mo • non-reduplicative babbling • 18 - 72 mo • all hell breaks loose

8. Pre-natal to 7 mo (roughly) • Pre-natal • native language discrimination • 0 - 5 mo • migration from expressive (indexical) noises to communicative noises to vocal play • 4 - 7 mo • a wide range of noises narrows down toward community speech sounds (phones).

9. 6 to 12 mo (roughly) Reduplicative babbling • mama, gaga, baba • phonological practice, rather than communication • increased control over articulators

10. 9 to 18 mo (roughly) Non-reduplicative babbling • “expressive jargon” • intonation and stress patterns of language • “sounds like Language X” (X = Swedish, Hindi, Basque, …), but just more sophisticated practicing • overlaps with word development and the beginnings of clear communicative intent

11. bij hQpij hQpij hQpij hQpij... g√kij g√kij g√kij g√kij g√kij ... Ajno Ajno Ajno Ajno Ajno...

12. Phoneme acquisition • Babbling • The cardinal stops p b m t d n k g • The cardinal vowels i √ u • Other sounds s z h w j • Rare and/or late f v T D S Z tS dZ l r N

13. Consonant progression • stops < fricatives < glides < liquids < affricates

14. Consonant cluster aversion • Dropping • fricatives • liquids • nasals • when they cluster with stops

15. Consonant cluster aversion • Dropping • fricatives [stAp][tAp] • liquids [trAjt][tAj] • nasals [kAjt][tAjt] • when they cluster with stops

16. Substitutions • stopx stopy[kAjt][tAjt] • fricativex fricativey[fIS][fIs] • sonorants  vowels [wejl][wej√] • fricatives  stops [sij][tij] • liquids  glides [lAjt][wAjt] • nasals  stops [t√N][t√g]

17. 14mo + • Proto-words and words commingle • “Noun”-heavy • The dedication and joy of acquisition

18. Proto-words (Galen, 15 mo)

19. Proto-words (Oriana, 16 mo)

20. √wu √m wAp√ wAp√ Is that right? mm hmm

21. dudawa dej √t√ dudijdij Pardon me? dudawa dej √t√ dudijdij

22. Words (Galen, 15 mo)

23. Words (Galen, 15-17 mo) • chair, man, truck, hat, horn, vegetables, night-time, baby, medicine,shampoo, belt, watch, mail, sleep, button, train, pizza, fan, light, bath, diaper, hospital, paper, submarine, … • Mostly “nouns”, some “verbs”, two “prepositions”, a few “adjectives”, some “greetings”.

24. Words (Oriana, 16 mo)

25. Conversing with Oriana (14 mo) Oriana: bApA! bApA! IR: Yes, Oriana? Oriana:wu baktijn matsa mow√ IR: Juice? Oriana:gij (affirmative intonation, nod)

26. Conversing with Oriana (16 mo) Oriana:bApA! bApA! IR: Yes, Oriana? Oriana:hQmij wu tA wu IR: Juice? Oriana:wu (affirmative intonation, nod)

27. PAPAPAPAPAPA! WHAT did you BRING!? You brought GROCERIES! You brought CANS OF SOUP! (picking them out of the bag and running off with them; he has no particular fondness for soup; it was just something to shout about). (Returning) And you brought GARBAGE BAGS! GREEN ONES! These are BIG GREEN GARBAGE BAGS! And LIGHTBULBS! (27 mo)

28. Suprasegmental phonology (Galen) • He’s b-a-a-A-A-A-a-a-d, papa. That beetle’s b-a-a-A-A-A-a-a-a-d! (23 mo) • I want to go outs-i-i-i-i-I-I-I-I-i-i-i-i-de! (22 - 25 mo) • I want Strawbe-e-e-e-E-E-E-E-e-e-e-e-ries! (24 mo) • No-o-o-O-O-O-o-o-o! (a lot, c20 - 26 mo) • DeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeedeetABLE! (22 mo) • L-l-l-l-et’s go outside! (24 mo)

29. General vocal behaviours (Galen) • noises, hoots, and squeals • wide range of voices (slow, fast, creaky, redrum, Louis-Armstrongish plaint) • demented chanting (deedeedeedee … deedeedeetABLE) • special pronuciations (Bhhhr-e-e-a-a-duh, t.a.b.le.s.a.n.d.ch.ai.r.s) • (walks: groucho, flying nun, stiff-legged side-step, and wiggle-butt)

30. Re-babbling (Galen, 19 - 21 mo) baby-bAby, baby-bAby, baby-bAby, baby-bAby ... (coming from the chorus of a song his mother also reduplicated endlessly) woodsy, woodsy, woodsy, woodsy, ... (repeating the name of a toy squirrel) dzuaaha, dzuaaha, dzuaaha, dzuaaha, ... budgia, budgia, budgia, budgia … (I think they just sounded good) dibbadibbadibba —What’s Galen saying? (19 mo)

31. Syntax (Galen) • Hellooo Papa! Hellooo cat! Hellooo pitzy truck! (c17 mo; said to everybody and everything, with devout conviction that an answer would come back) • More X! (More books! More banana! More sticks! ...; c17 mo) • Want some juice now, for Galen. (19 mo) • Go! Go! Go! (c18 mo; said while running full tilt in no specific direction) • Let’s go! (c18 mo; said just before running full titlt in no specific direction) • Run! Run! Run! (c18 mo; see “Go! Go! Go!”) • I’ll take it! (c19 mo, of anything which took his fancy) • Must take it! (c20 mo; this one often had a noun in place of the pronoun, as in “Must take tractor!”) • Go this way! (Let’s go this way!;18 - 22 mo; said, usually in the car but sometimes when being carried, while pointing in any direction you’re not going) • Maybe X! (Maybe sit down! Maybe read a book! Maybe sit down right here!; 19 mo)

32. Galen’s First passive constituent-question • G: What are they doing there? (He had seen some potato chips in a store) • IR: Waiting to be bought and eaten, I guess. • G: What are they going to be eaten for ... with ... what are they going to be eaten for ... by ... Who are they going to be eaten by? (27 mo)

33. I’m a bit sore today. I don’t want you to be sore. I want you to be clean. I want you to be clean in your diaphragm.

34. You’ve got a freckle. What’s a freckle called? It’s called a “freckle”. No. What are freckles called?

35. Maybe means “no”! I know it means “yes or no” but it really means “no”. I know what it really means, but … Just forget about it! It means no!

36. [To a stuffed pig:] You miss your parents? That’s OK. I have a memory of them. They were pink. Just a minute, I have a memory of them. [Goes off and returns with a long pink snake.] Here it is. It’s a memory of your mom and dad.

37. This is an other-nose, and this is an other-nose. (pointing, 28 mo)

38. Peat

39. Peats [s]

40. Wug

41. Wugs [z]

42. Bleege

43. Bleeges [´z]

44. Morphology (Galen) • Those are ambulances , Papa: ambulancES! (21 mo) • I’m digestING my penne, mommy. DigestING. (28 mo) • WolFS, papa, wolFS. Not wolVES, wolFS (28 mo) • I’m up-pleased (c 27-29 mo) • I need a ball to tennis (26 mo; upon picking up a tennis racket) • What’s it for tanking? (27 mo; of a tanker truck) • I get it! One octopi is an octopus, but two octopusses is an octopi!

45. Morphology (Oriana) Sameday • …need to keep our hands undry. (38 mo) • It was still unwet (38 mo) • [on finding a newspaper in our driveway]Somebody slobbed us! • Galen’s the most unlistener! • Well, Linda and Auntie Dolly are bestest mommies in the world. But you’re the most bester mommy in the world, mommy!

46. Lexical innovation (Oriana) • That will feel me better! (also, That will feel me up) • Fish! Dragon! I’ll call it a ‘funny-fish dragon’. Is that a good deal? • Oriana: ‘Na’ means I’m going to be your sister again. Okay? Okay, Galen? • Galen: Whatever. • Oriana: ….. Na! …. Na! …. Na! Na, Galen!

47. Well, papa. I don’t want you to do no more jokeness. You did jokeness. Why did you do that? That jokeness.

48. Lookit!That’s a school, a school of fish. Mmm-hmm Which one’s the teacher?

49. … Her warmth revived the swallow. … … Thumbelina’s warmness saved the swallow. …

50. Philosophy of language • Hello cat. I’m fine. I’m fine. You’re fine. (Oriana, 19 mo) • Don’t be noisy, wind! I’m talking, wind! Don’t be noisy! That’s rude! Don’t be rude, wind! (Galen, 27 mo) • Don’t blow! Wind! Don’t blow! (Oriana, 32 mo) • No! Don’t say that! Don’t say it, Papa! (Oriana, 26 mo) • I’m pretending you didn’t tell me that. You pretend too, Papa! (Galen, 28 mo) • G: I want some salt, please, Mommie.M: Just a minute, Darlo.G: Some salt please, Mommie.M: … no response ... • G: Some of that white stuff there. (Galen, 27 mo)