Foster Chapter4 Part 1

Reading question/exercise: Syntax and semantics of two-word utterances [Foster 79, Fig.14]

 

big bus	[looking at a bus]
big hole	[pointing at a ditch]
big rock	[looking at a large rock]
byebye train	[earlier in the day he had seen a toy train go into a tunnel and disappear]
light on	[coming into a room and noticing the light was on]
play toys	[said as he was playing with some toys]
Baba play	[said as his father played with him]
阿姨 ...Hi	[playing with a toy phone]
A: Go see if Mama has a ring  C: Mama..ring
洗洗 clothes	[upon seeing a washing machine on TV]
[kju baba]	[= "Thank you Baba"; repetition of adult model]
叔叔倒立	[describing action of character in kung fu movie on TV]
踢我	[=我踢你]
Mama..打球	[request to his mother]
叔叔 ball	[= uncle's ball]
妹妹 here	[= 妹妹 lives here]
[niz] home	[Danny's home]
Trash... 妹妹 trash	[trash outside the door of her house]
阿姨 bike	[= aunt's bike]
妹妹 book	[looking at a picture in a book of a girl reading]
um..dinner	[um= a baby-talk word for "eat"; looking at picture of a bunny eating with a spoon]
A: You got your book for the doctor?  C: Doctor book	[referring to record of immunizations]
more up down	[= "Turn me upside down again"; playing with his father]
Baba please	[pointing at ball on the floor; = "Give me the ball please, Baba."]
洗澎澎	[getting ready to take a bath]
看看報紙	[context not recorded]