Interpretation
3V0747.02 Pause deletion in practice (2/8/80) Peggy plays with a knitted pocket book belonging to her sister Miriam. She walked past my place at the table, talking to herself: Mimi…pocket-book… Mimi pocket-book.” This example argues that Peggy is constructing compact phrases “purposefully” by deleting pauses which occur naturally in a “commentary” mode of expression wherein …
3V0747.01 [Culdy me… bite]; very non-standard form (2/8/80) Peggy came to me after playing with the dog and said “Bite hand” I asked, “Who?” She replied, “Culdy me…bite.” It’s obvious Peggy meant the dog bit her. The agent and patient were named with no intervening pauses. I consider this a clear, natural example of a …
3V0744.01 A catalog of the kinds of things Peggy says (2/24/80) 2/5 “mama, look…did it.” 2/6 (Asking for cookies, and being told the wrapper was empty and the cookies all gone.) “Robby’s eat it.” 2/7 “Lookit…Lookit that” 2/9 (Rummaging around the bookshelf) Where Pony is ? [ie a book called “Little Black, a Pony.”] 2/11 …
3V0743.02 More already compacted phrases; an invention (2/4/80) Peggy drinks a lot of juice, and it’s not surprising that she should produce a two-element phrase such as “good juice.” One could argue this was purely imitative by her merely taking cognizance of part of the question she heard frequently, “Is that good juice?/Is that good …
3V0743.01 “Scurry” for the first time. (2/4/80) Today Peggy said “Scurry” for the first observed time. (getting her mouse, identifying owner.) Gretchen.
3V0742.01 Partly pause-deleted phrases (2/3/80) Peggy produced several phrases today exhibiting compaction by pause deletion – but such [is] not universal: Three examples: “toys… love-em” (at toy box) “Culdy…like-it.” (that mouse again) “find-it” The last has been common in Peggy’s recent speech and might be considered a precursor of the development of compound structure.
3V0738.01 “Up on the bed”; [pocket…in…into pocket] (1/30/80) In our bedroom today, Peggy came over to the bed and said “Up on the bed.” [she wanted to get up.] Later she was playing with her “gold” buttons in the pocket of my sweater. She put them back, remarking “Pocket…in…into pocket…” Gretchen.
3V0736.02 Culdy’s mouse; apparent possessive (1/28/80) Peggy has been of late forcing the dog’s toy on her, will she or not. With Scurry in the other room, Peggy picked up the toy and very distinctly and precisely named it as “Culdy’s mouse” then ran off to put it on her. This is an uncontestable use …
3V0736.01 [pick oo up] (1/28/80) Peggy has begun to say “Pick oo up” instead of or in addition to just “up.” Over the subsequent days, victim of a bad cold, Peggy used this phrase constantly. Recently Bob noted that he heard her say ”Pick up.” dropping out the “oo” [you]. Peggy probably developed this phrase …
3V7033.03 More variations and pause deletions; noun-noun structure (1/25/80) Peggy, Gretchen, and I drove over to Clinton to retrieve Scurry from the kennel. As we rode along, I tried explaining my views of the importance of Peggy’s variations and pause deletions. Peggy was more interested in my furry gloves. She asked for them (they were …
3V0733.02 More variations. (1/25/80) Over the past few days, Peggy has been using the words ‘many’ and ‘more’ in various contexts. Example : sitting on my lap, Peggy looked up at the picture illustrating Chaucer’s Canterbury pilgrims, and remarked P : ‘Many (unclear).’ G : What ? What did you say ? P : Many …
3V0733.01 [chin hurts] Variation anchor, abetted by questioning. (1/25/80) Peggy somehow hurt herself, and when asked what was the matter, replied, ‘Chin hurts.’ A few days previously, as I was changing her diaper, I became aware that she was talking away. P : ‘…neck….hurt (or hurts, I could not notice)…’ G : ‘Your neck hurts, …