Peggy Study, Panel P083 Themes: Reading, Object Exploration, Language Development Source: (Lawler); date: 8/27/1979 Title: Text commentary: These clips show how much Peggy controlled the activity recorded (if there was any question about that).. P83A1 Wanting to Read, 8mb P83A2 Wanting to Read, 23mb P83B1 Building Blocks, 19mb P83B2 Building Blocks, 24mb P83C1 Reading with …
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3V0587.02 [I threw it]: Before the incident described above (in Vignette V0586A), Peggy, Gretchen and I sat in the living room, Peggy playing with Gretchen’s wallet. She picked it up and threw it across the room, under a chair. I censured her “No, Peggy, no. Don’t do that.” She responded, talking to herself it seems …
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3V0587.01 /cul’/du/vae/vae’/: CENTRAL INCIDENT;major insight ascribed on basis of incident. 9/1/79 Over the past several weeks, our house has suffered a greater than usual density and flux of Tintin cartoon books. As do the older kids, Peggy enjoys them. She brings a magazine, says /aen//aen/ and convinces one to hold her in his lap while …
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3V0586.03 [doos, doos] = juice 8/31/79 Miriam was in the kitchen, fooling around with the refrigerator. As she began closing it, Peggy ran in from the living room crying [doos…doos]. It took me a moment to realize what she meant; then I called after her, “Juice ? Do you want some juice, Peggy ?” She …
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3V0586.02 /bae/bae/: general purpose word (noun) where /thaet/ was the general word of imperious force. 8/31/79 Over the past week or two, this sound pattern has taken over Peggy’s speech. It seems to have replaced /thaet/ in the latter’s application as the general pronoun, i.e. “baba” may refer to Peggy’s Teddy Bear, my pillow, a …
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3V0586.01 [me]: clear and specific example of use. 8/31/79 “Me” Coming to me at bedtime to be picked up, after a hug and my turning her back to Gretchen, Peggy pointed perpendicularly at the porch and made an exclamation of surprise. I could see nothing but furniture on the porch and asked “What do you …
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3V0585.01 TWO : [two]: counting puddles; spontaneous use: 08/30/79; The kids and I went down to Bishops “Pick your own” raspberries. While the older two picked, Peggy and I walked up and down the dirt road to one side of the bushes. It had rained recently, and there were puddles. Peggy and I pointed them …
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3V0583.02 [fan]: indistinct initial consonant; her accepting correction. 8/28/79 Terrible, muggy weather with the atmosphere filled with pollen and mold spores. I set up the fan to pull cold air from the air conditioned bedroom down to the dining room. Peggy came over to play with the new object and was warned away because of …
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3V0583.01 [me]: contrast with relation words. This word is significant in contrast with the preceding relation words because it can only mean one thing. As we five sat at table over lunch that Peggy at one point turned her finger to her chest, pointing, and said “me”. I don’t recall the details of context but …
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3V0582.01 [up] = “on top of” in play with toy car; issues ascription of insight about “up”. 8/27/79 Playing with a “matchbox racer”, Peggy pushed the little car along the floor, up the vertical walls of the glass door, over the dresser and on its side, making all the while a /ziz/ziz/ziz/ sound (this imitates …
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3V0581.01 On: [on]: three different applications of “on” similar to concurrent discriminating uses of [up].: 8/26/79; This morning Peggy clambered into my bed where I waked from a nap. She sat beside me, pointing with her right hand at her left upper arm. She said /”on”/ at least four times in succession. I was much …
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3V0581.01 Increased Specificity: 8/26/79; By now it is clear that Peggy is trying to communicate (orally) on a wider scale. “Dat, dat, dat” lacked any specificity and soon outran its usefulness. She then developed a remarkable range by merely varying the pitch on a neutral syllable [***], repeated several times. Now she seems to be …
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