IPS Panel P090 (Day 629 , Session 061, Date: 10/15/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P090A1-A2Building Blocks P090BWhat Peg Wants? P090C1-C2Naming Toys P090DWalking a Bike P090E1Toys & Relations P090E2Rolling Bell and “Get” P090FStandard Objects Short Notes: Language Development, Object Exploration; Clips C & E show command of a …
IPS Panel P089 (Day 622, Session 060, Date: 10/08/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P089ASolid Wood Puzzle, P089BBuilding Blocks P089CJoke: Culdah… Gone P089D1-D4Standard Objects Short Notes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Relations; These clips show both growing command of insertions and creative use of language to express ideas; …
IPS Panel P088 (Day 615, Session 059, Date: 10/01/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P088ABlocks & Teddy P088B1-B2Interpreting Talk P088CWind-Up Car P088D1Wind-Up Car & Scooter P088D2Wind-Up Car P088E1-E2Std Objects: 3 Balls & Cups Short Notes: Objects, Language, Social Interaction; These clips show how extensive is vocal, pre-verbal communication. …
IPS Panel P087 (Day 608, Session 058, Date: 9/24/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P087A1Objects, Sound, Light P087A2Grammar Test, P087BRing Tower, Cone Replacing Rod P087C1-C3Standard Objects P087C4Standard Objects, With Toys also P087D1Reading,w/GPL: Peg’s Choice P087D2Reading,w/GPL Short Notes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Reading; These clips show language tests; introduction …
IPS Panel P086 (Day 601, Session 057, Date: 9/17/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P086A1-A2Box Puzzle P086BReading with GPL P086C Reading with Bob P086D1-D2Box Puzzle P086E1 Crib Panel Toy P086E2-E3Standard Objects Short Notes: Language Development, Object Exploration, Reading P86A1 Box Puzzle, 22mb P86A2 Box Puzzle, 7mb P86B Reading …
IPS Panel P085 (Day 594, Session 056, Date: 9/10/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P085AScurry & a Problem Solvedwith Scurry P085B1-B2Objects, Counting P085B3-B4Objects: ball & cylinder P085C1-C2Reading w/GPL Short Notes: Scurry, Objects with Bob, Books with Mom; These clips show pre-counting behavior and exploring insertion into and through …
IPS Panel P084 (Day 587, Session 055, Date: 9/3/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P084A1Ring Tower and Talk P084A2Rings and Pockets P084B1Blocks, etc. P084B2Peggy & Her Chair P084C1-C2Mixed Activities P084D1-D3Bean Bags & Cups: insertion, counting Short Notes: Language Development, Precursors of central cognitive skills; These clips show language …
IPS Panel P083 (Day 580, Session 054, Date: 8/27/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P083A1-A2Wanting to Read P083B1-B2Building Blocks P083C1-C2Reading with GPL P083D1-D2Standard Objects P083D3Standard Objects, with GPL Short Notes: Reading, Object Exploration, Language Development; These clips show how much Peggy controlled the activity recorded (if there was …
IPS Panel P082 (Day 573, Session 053, Date: 8/20/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P082A1-A2Reading, w/GPL P82BPutting-On P082C1Standard Objects P082C2Standard Objects + Book P082D1-D2Standard Objects Short Notes: Reading, Talking, Standard Objects P82A1 Reading, w/GPL, 23mb P82A2 Reading, w/GPL, 14mb P82B Putting-On, 18mb P82C1 Standard Objects, 19mb P82C2 Standard …
IPS Panel P081 (Day 566, Session 052, Date: 8/13/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P081ATalk re:Bear-Hug P081BCorkscrew, with GPL P081C1Rob reads “Pokey Little Puppy”with Robby P081C2Rob and Peggy: “Puppies” Bookwith Robby P081DPeggy Bouncing Balls P081E1-E2Standard Objects Short Notes: Language development, Social Interaction, Object Exploration P81A Talk re:Bear-Hug, 19mb …
IPS Panel P080 (Day 558, Session 051, Date: 8/5/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P080AGrammar test P080B1-B2Building Blocks P080C1Cylinder: Touch Through P080C2Objects & Icecube P080C3Objects: Go Through P080C4Objects: Balls Play P080C5Objects: Bean Bags P080DSmall Solid Cylinders Short Notes: Language Development, Object Exploration; These clips show the relevance of …
IPS Panel P079 (Day 552, Session 050, Date: 7/30/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P079A1Rob’s Toy Carswith Robby P079A2Ring Tower P079A3.1-A3.4Wooden Nickels P079B1-B2Standard Objects Short Notes: Playing with Rob, Objects; Most extensive interactions with Rob; balls, cylinders, beanbag pre-counting P79A1 Rob’s Toy Car, 22mb P79A2 Ring Tower, 14mb …
IPS Panel P091 (Day 635 , Session 062, Date: 10/22/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P091A Ball with Rob, Talkwith Robby P091BWords with Miriam P091CBooks within Reach P091DBlocks, Talking, with Bob P091EStandard Objects P091FOther Objects, Talk Short Notes: Talking, Sibling Interactions, Object Play; Peggy Starts Quarter Eight; These …
3V0639.02 [hold dog]:assembled command. 10/23/79 Going upstairs, Peggy paused at the bottom, then handed me her “snoopy” pull toy and ordered [hold dog]. Gretchen.
3V0639.01 /gae/mr/ = grandmother (visiting); /teh/teh/=tickle. 10/23/79 Peggy’s grandmother has been visiting for the past several days. Today Peggy names her /graemm’r/. Gretchen.
3V0638.03 Naming: metalinguistic note: changes in the name of Scurry; Naming Miriam and LaRene /nehm/. 10/22/79 Over the past week or two, Peggy’s name for Scurry has shifted somewhat from /kuhl/dah/ or /kuhl/dae/ or /kar/di/ (roughly). She has shown a tendency also to call other dogs /dawg/ rather than /kuhl/dae/. I have told her that …
3V0638.02 Everything’s a pen if it comes out of my pocket. 10/22/79 Recently I’ve done some electrical work. I usually keep small tools in my pockets — a screwdriver, for instance. when Peggy sat in my lap this afternoon, she found in my shirt pockets a pen knife (she had seen it before and knew …
3V0638.01 Holophrase sequences: [goody…scurry…food…treat] see note below: # 289 10/22/79 Peggy knows where Scurry’s goodies are kept, and often asks to give her one (frequently giving it a nibble herself in transit). She has always called it /fu/ (“food”). Today, as I got Scurry’s heartworm pill from the shelf above, Peggy pointed up and said …
3V0636.01 /cup…au.ehl/: adjective < further specification of idiom "owl-cup"; idiom degenerates and is reconstructed from more successfully competitive /kup/ in pre-standard order MAJOR EXAMPLE Pointing to my own coffee cup, Peggy remarked /kuhp/, then after a pause said /au ehl/ (owl). I have always identified this cup for Peggy as my owl cup, and pointed ...
30V633.01 Spontaneous identification of toy whirling-disk as a fan ? 10/17/79 Pointing to a part of her crib toy, a circular multi-colored piece that spins in either direction when you twirl the knob in the middle, Peggy identified it (without being asked) as a /faen/. Peggy sometimes sucks on her middle fingers until they are …
3V0632.01 [/teh/boin/?]: speculation about remote activity-telephone [sae/vi]=sorry after poking with a pen. 10/16/79 Upstairs with Peggy when the telephone rang. I went downstairs, answered it, and returned to Peggy upstairs after a short conversation. She looked at me and commented /teh/boin/, i.e. “telephone.” Peggy poked me with a pen. I said “Ouch!” and she replied …
3V0630.01 [gotcha]: verbal accompaniment of micro-script. Peggy sat in my lap as I warmed me toes before the fire. At her request, the toy Scotty was in her lap. She remarked [fire… hot], repeating our frequent warning to her. I said “toes warm” and taking her legs, held up her toes parallel to mine. The …
3V0628.01 [hurt…ham(mer?)]: instrumental case in presyntactic form 10/12/79 Working at completing the partition in Robby’s room, I set a chair across the doorway to keep Peggy away from the tools and paint. Having removed my shoes (paint on the bottom of one), I came out of the room carrying a hammer. Stepping over the obstacles, …
3V0626.01 [mama hurt. mama hurt. hurt head] Context permits 10/10/79 This morning was a bad one for me. Rearranging the fire in the upstairs fireplace, I banged the back of my head on the lintel. Peggy could see and hear that I was upset. Less than five minutes later, I passed through the partially completed …
3V0625.01 Spontaneous [wet]: G: are you wet? P: /shen/.=”change”. 10/9/79 Peggy came over to me, pulling at her diaper and exclaiming /weht/. “Are you wet ?” Peggy replied: /shen/. Gretchen.
3V0623.01 [my daddy]: first recorded use of possessive modifier without hiatus and inverted order (see note #242) 10/7/79 With the picnic table newly set up in the kitchen, Peggy came walking more or less cautiously down the bench to run to my arms. She put her arms about my neck as I caught her and …
3V0622.02 [bag…culdae gone]: extremely non-standard order. Peggy was roving about with a plastic, opaque bag in one hand. She picked up the toy Scotty we bought in Boston and stuffed it in the bag. Peggy saw me looking at her and explained, [bag culdae gone]. Importance: locative (into the bag) Agent (culdah) Activity (playing game …
3V0622.01 [mama got eye]: MAJOR NOTE on cognitive structures behind speech; topic and comment at “discourse” level, not a word level. 10/6/79 Gretchen long ago began instructing Peggy in the names of body parts, especially of the face. Recently, Peggy has surprised me by making comments about the commonality of the body parts. For example, …
3V0620.02 [memi]: calling Miriam by name. Peggy was inquiring for her father, “Dada ?” I told her he was in Boston. Peggy then said /meh/mi/ which I interpreted as “Miriam.” Gretchen.
3V0620.01 [(ice)cream]=/kim/ 10/4/79 Last night, Robby and Peggy had ice cream. This morning as she picked up her used dish, brought it over to me, and inquired hopefully /kim?/ Gretchen.
3V0619.02 [/cul/du/eat]: sentence. 10/3/79 Peggy left a partially eaten hot dog on the low hearth. Later I saw Scurry prowling about, and asked Peggy, “Where is your hot dog?” She replied [/cul/duh/ eat] Gretchen.
3V0619.01 Calling Robby by name. 10/3/79 Today Peggy started calling Robby by name. She called him repeatedly during this day and the following. Gretchen.
3V0615.02 [ma cup]: progression toward standard order. 9/29/79; cf. 9/17 Another “cup” episode under similar circumstances, save that Peggy’s first comment was [ma cup]. Gretchen.
3V0615.01 [bag gone]: hiding bag behind her; 9/29/79 Peggy playing “gone” with a bag, holding it behind her, and remarking [bag gone]. Gretchen.
3V0614.02 [Da…door…go]: pre-sentence 9/28/79 Upstairs with Peggy in our bedroom. The door shut to keep her from going downstairs, since we are here only a short time and I don’t want to bother with the gate. Peggy was a little restless, wanting to leave. She went to the door and pushed, saying [door…door]. Then (knowing …
3V0614.01 [gone]: first explicit verbal joke. 9/28/79 Peggy still enjoys putting things in my pockets and taking them out. Not only does she ask for a pen (/pehn/) but she explains that she is putting in or taking out of the pocket (pae/taet/) by saying [in there] (as she stuffs a pen in) or [put …
3V0613.01 [please]: first time use noticed; not a family focus. Peggy wanted a drink of my wine. She approached me pleading, “sip…sip…sip…sip…sip…sip…p’ease ?” She has used /sihp/ previously to mean [give me a sip], but this is the first time I have heard her use “please.” This word has not been emphasized to her. Gretchen.
3V0615.05 More word practice and an inference: “sleepy” is a signifier appropriate to an observed yawn. 9/26/79 I yawned. Peggy looked at me and immediately inquired /S’ipi ?/ The following morning a similar incident occurred with Miriam. For a day or so, every time any one yawned, Peggy would as /s’ipi?/ This is another word …
3V0612.04 Word practice: (“terrible” = /teh/bu/) 9/26/79 This morning, changing Peggy’s diaper, I remarked to her “Poor Peggy. You are wet and soggy. That’s terrible.” Later on in the day, I heard Peggy repeating something to herself. Listening, I heard /teh/buh/. She repeated the word a number of times, as if practicing. Gretchen.
3V0612.03 Getting a name wrong: [pooh pooh]: Tiger in Madeline (=> a new word = last phrase in discourse) 9/26/79 [Pooh pooh] (with falling intonation). Reading Madeline today. As we turned the page which shows the little girls skating (left) and at the zoo (right), Peggy immediately pointed to the tiger in the right hand …
3V0612.02 [help…zzzzz]: ie. please wind up my toy car. 9/26/79 Conversation: Peggy “He’p” Gretchen: Help? do you want some help ? What do you want help with ?” Peggy: [Zzzz…] She wanted me to wind up a little spring driven car. Gretchen.
3V0612.01 [kiss]: spontaneous and kisses Gretchen. While I was working in the kitchen, Peggy walked by holding a doll. She held it up , said “kiss” and kissed the doll. A week later (9/26) Peggy repeated this with me, saying spontaneously [kiss] and leaning over to kiss me. (repeats text of 3V0604) Gretchen.
3V0611.01 Counting cookie request [one…two…two ?] 9/25/79 This morning, Peggy asked for a cookie. As I gave it to her, she said “One,… two…. two ?” She waited until I gave her a second cookie. Gretchen.
3V0610.01 [diaper…shit]: proto-sentence. 9/24/79 Peggy is taking a more active role in indicating a need for diaper change. Frequently she will come over and pick at her plastic pants. Today she included a verbal reference to /dai/puh/ (sometimes she will remark [wet] and after a pause added [shit]. (she was right.) Gretchen.
3V0609.02 [pass]: desired food at table. [bark] replacing /vae/vae’/ 9/23/79 At lunch today Peggy coveted our sandwiches. I don’t recall whether the offer to give her some was direct or indirect; but Peggy reached out her hand, waving and calling impatiently and imperiously, [pass, pass] “Bark” is replacing “vava” as the word indicating what dogs …
3V0609.01 [light off]: complex situation represented by order free catenation of words. 9/23/79 Peggy and I have played with a flash light recently, which I switched on and off and gave to her to play with. I named it for her as a “light” which she reproduced as /lait/. Peggy has since found lights everywhere …
3V0605.01 [kiss]: kisses doll spontaneously; verbal self-direction 9/19/79 While I was working in the kitchen, Peggy walked by holding a doll. She held it up , said “kiss” and kissed the doll. A week later (9/26) Peggy repeated this with me, saying spontaneously [kiss] and leaning over to kiss me. (text repeated in 3V0611.1). Gretchen.
3V0603.01 [cup…mama]: word catenation used to express an instantaneous relation that later becomes syntactically expressed. 9/17/79 Peggy sat in my lap while I sipped at my morning coffee. She has lately been naming the containers from which I drink things, e.g. /kaen/ for a beer can and /kuhp/ for such a one as she pointed …
3V0597.02 Gotcha: a game – shows fluidity of actions and control over them at the complete and partial changes of rules (see also P.85) Peggy has long played a game with me where she would come between my knees and I would give her a gentle squeeze, saying “gotcha”. Her control of the game was …
3V0597.01 [sharp]: diaper pins This morning as I was changing her diaper, Peggy handed me a diaper pin with the observation [sha] (sharp). She has often been told about pins, but not recently.