Child Language Pre A2 Transcript Analysis

 Child Language Pre A2 Transcript Analysis

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1. What is interesting about the language used?

In this transcript there are various examples of language features in which the child and carer use to communicate with each other. An example of this would be the basic biological noise stage where the vowel 'a' is placed in front of various words. In this case the child says 'a picture' 'a puppies'. These show examples of early development with the child, Caroline has exceeded with her language through to the average understanding of a two year old. Throughout the transcript Caroline makes more noises, creating positive noises to communicate with her mother. These can be known as a varigated babbling sound; in which she uses different sound patterns and connects them together, such as 'a biddish' 'baddish'. These, however have no relevance to what the mother is asking of the child, this can suggest Caroline is struggling to process the language her mother is expressing to her.

The mother uses different techniques to develop and increase Caroline's learning abilit, formulation is used to ensure she understand the correct word to repeat and use in the future.'mother: say caroline child: daddy mother: caroline' By doing this it shows Caroline she is not wrong, she does not use negative words such as 'no' or 'wrong' however repeats the word in order for her to understand what is being asked of her.There are also words in which are repeated throughout the transcript such as 'mummy' 'daddy' 'baby' which are words Caroline is used to and therefore repeats on a regular basis to show to her mother that she has a basic understanding. Words like these that the mother uses when speaking to Caroline, she picks up on and repeats in her own sentence to show the limited understanding she has.

Caroline, being a young child has a very short attention span, this is reflected in the speech as she will regularly drop out of conversation and go off in a sort of tangent in her own conversation. 'Mother: can you say austin Caroline: mmm [eats cheese]' this shows Caroline finds it difficult to stay focus and therefore will zone out of the conversation.

2. What other data could you collect to compare with it?

One example of data that could be used to compare would be the conversation with the opposite gender, for an example a two year old boy. This would compare the genders and how the react to the questions.

Another example would be to vary in ages, having the same conversation but with children with 1 to 2 years between them.

Finally, another example would be vary the people who talk to the child, therefore a child to child, teenager, adult, elderly etc.