Stage one: before looking at my data, I can make predictions on what I expect to find in the data.
(Child language acquisition linked with my data).
In my data, I expect to find that the child will confuse his tenses. For example 'goed' rather than I went. This is because the rules of irregular verbs. This is because we usually put 'ed' on the end of a word to denote past time. I also expect that the adult will encourage the child's speech by asking questions, making prompts etc. I expect to find evidence of David Crystals child language aqisitipn theory stating that the child will ask questions like 'but why?' In order to gain explanations.
Data:
O- Oscar (4 years of age)
M- My mum (44 years of age)
O- when you die (.) do you come back (1) alive^
M- why^
O- grant died
M- who's grant then
O- my rabbit
M- oh yeah (.) that's right (1) wow you have a good memory (.) that was a long time ago
O- I know (.) will he come back (1) alive^
M- no mate (.) when you die (.) that's the end of your life
O- who does
M- everybody will one day
O- I don't want to die
M- well
O- I don't want to die
M- not for a long time yet(.) your only little (1) aren't you
O- yeah (3) where do they go (.) when they died
M- well I don't really know (.) but I have heard (1) that good people go to heaven
O- I'm good boy nanny
M- you are a good boy sometimes (.) but sometimes you are a miserable little monkey
O- [chuckles]
Interesting data. Look into phonetic transcription to record pronunciation accurately. Reliable data selection means not just choosing lovely, interesting conversations like this, you need to be consistent about recordings, then you can select data from within the pool to discuss in detail.
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