Thursday, October 13, 2011

First Language Acquisition



Child : Want other one spoon, Daddy.
Father: You mean, you want the other spoon?
Child : Yes, I want other one spoon, please Daddy.
Father: Can you say, “the other spoon”?
Child : Other… one… spoon.
Father: Say “other”!
Child : Other.
Father: “Spoon”!
Child : Spoon.
Father : “Other spoon”
Child : Other… spoon. Now give me other one spoon, Daddy!

-Martin Braine (1971)

Roven Varden Antares

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