Below are some links to google-videos
of children around age 1 or 2.
They may be useful in supplementing your child language acquisition
research. This is not an
exhaustive list of useful videos on Google. Feel free to search for more. –if any of you have trouble viewing videos online, please
email me at hstickne at linguist.umass.edu
Your assignment, due Feb
23: Look at one video of early
speech (not babbling) and one video of later speech. Write a one-page essay. Analyze:
1) how is the child’s
language connected to context?
2) how is it not connected
to context?
Think about the video we
saw in class and the sorts of issues we discussed. Be sure to mention in your essay which videos you used.
(Along with each video I
have provided some questions for you to think about. You can choose to use them in your essay or not. It’s up to you.) --Be sure also to look at the
mpegs I uploaded (at bottom of page)
"Mackenzie Bransford in pretalk mode" -- 4 minutes. child 18 mos., mostly babbling & singing to self, while coloring and interacting with father who is filming.
"The Universal Language ... or ...A Future Politician" – almost 3 minutes. child 14 mos., beautiful display of babbling. At end she responds to command to say “bye bye.”
One-word stage (possibly
– not enough data to fully tell if this is truly one-word)
"AJM, my silly kid" --2 minutes. unsure of age of this particular kid. She says mostly “no,” “Shrek” and “Elmo.” Mother is trying to get child to respond to commands.
“Nicholas likes Apples (11 months)” – 30 seconds. Child 11 mos. Child repeats “apple” to parents’ prompting.
"PediNeuroLogic Exam: 2? Years Old: Behavior/Mental Status" – 47 sec. Child is 2.5. Excerpt from neurological exam.
"Emily and Marie" – 12 seconds. Child is almost 2. She is holding a baby and naming its body parts.
"Drake The Two Year Old" – Almost 3 minutes. Child 2 yrs. Drake is in the bathroom, responding to some of the questions his mother asks and brining up subjects of his own. –we looked at this one in class.
“Gia at 15 months” -- 6 minutes. Child 15 mos. Parents eliciting responses from child. The elicitation of responses starts about 1 minute into the video.
The following videos are not on Google, but are links to mpegs that I have uploaded. All of these videos are between 3 and 5 minutes long. They are all of a child named Dylan, who was filmed regularly as part of a longitudinal study.
--with the videos below, think about the complexity of the
utterances (both by parents and Dylan) and how they are understood. Is context still playing a big role?
Dylan –already beyond the two-word stage, but still with very basic
sentences:
http://www.umass.edu/language_acquisition/videos/dylan_build_2.mpg Dylan is playing with toys with his mom. Mostly one-word utterances, but some sentences, too like “I push?” “I made it,” and “put it in here.”
http://www.umass.edu/language_acquisition/videos/dylan_airplane_2.mpg Dylan is talking with his parents while playing with blocks, and then a toy plane. They discuss an upcoming visit from Grandma and Grandpa.
Dylan –approximately 3 months after the above videos:
http://www.umass.edu/language_acquisition/videos/Dylan_eat_older1.mpg Video starts with Dylan’s mom showing him paper shapes and pretending that they are family members/friends. Dylan is more interested in eating things with his puppet.
and Dylan –approximately 4 months after that (these probably
shouldn’t be used for your oldest videos –as they’re very
complex, but they are interesting –-the call is up to you ultimately):
http://www.umass.edu/language_acquisition/videos/Dylan_georg_oldest.mpg Dylan is talking to his mom about the plots of various Curious George books. (the sound is not quite so good on this one)
http://www.umass.edu/language_acquisition/videos/Dylan_plane_oldest.mpg Dylan is discussing two toy airplanes with the experimenter and his mom.