Debby I

During the 8 months after the appearance of her first word at 9 months (this was [adi], used both for her "daddy" and her sister "Annie" - Debby had acquired about 35 words. In the two left hand columns is a list of these words, organized very roughly by category ("Names 1", etc.). During the two weeks from 17 months - 17 1/2 months, she more than doubled her vocabulary (the words in the two right hand columns, "Names 2", etc.). She also began innovating in her use of a suffix she attached to a number of words, and started to use two-word combinations for the first time. A good sample of these is listed at the end of this file.

Words prior to 17 months




New Words (17 months)
names 1

names 2


mama

Auntie

Ani [her sister]

Lala [Claudia]

Daddy, dada



Debby



Ernie


animals 1

animals 2


[gæ] cat

hen

[bu] bird

pik 'pig'

duck


body parts 1

body parts 2


[æt'] head'

[maas] 'mouth'

[æn] hand



eye [æ]


other nouns 1

other nouns 2


seat

poon 'spoon'

jus, juicee

jus (also extended for 'ocean')

[æbu] 'apple'

[æbu] 'diaper'; 'apple'

keys

book

homee

[mik] 'milk'

bus

[tao] 'towel'

bock 'block'

money

baba 'baby'

[meyt] 'meat'

[æt'] 'hat'

shirt*

[æt'] 'light'

[ki] 'icecream'

ball [bA]

rice*

mess

cup



purse*



moon



oshi 'ocean'



oshi 'lotion, toothpaste'



cloud*



[edi] 'lady'



[oku] 'yoghurt'



[ga] 'glasses'



[des] 'dress'



[nana] 'banana'



shoe(s)
verbs etc. 1

verbs etc. 2


[dak] 'stuck'

[eyt] 'wait'

back

[tu] 'go upstairs' (counting)

up

dop 'drop'

[At'] 'out'

sip 'sleep'

atch 'watch'



pop



that



mine


greetings




hi



bye bye



[æku] 'thankyou'


animal noises 1

animal noises 2


hoo (owl)

moo (cow, zebra)



af (dog: 'woof')



miæ (cat)



(t)ee (bird)



lalala (pig)



bææææ (sheep)



omom (car)
Nonsense words




balabalabalabala



malamalamalamala


* - phonetics not noted, but not adult form!

New suffix added 17 months: -iy or -iya, -iyo

homie

bookie

juicie

Auntiya

Anniya

Daddiya

Mamiya

juiciya

bibiya (=baby)

shoesiyo

Two-word combinations beginning at 17 months

Annie shoe (holding sister's shoe)

Annie baby, Annie baby, Annie baby (repeated many times in bed)

Ernie dop (=drop) - music box closes on Ernie

Daddy keys (looking at picture of keys in book)

Annie keys (looking at picture of keys in book)

Mommy, up (wanting to be picked up)

Daddy milk

Annie [k~i ] 'ice cream'

Daddy book [observed twice]

Annie run

Daddy glasses [dædi ga]

Mommy, shoe

Auntie back (when she saw Auntie back after her nap)

Auntie car (seeing a red car in a parking lot)

Annie head (pour water to rinse Annie's hair)

Annie, han = Annie has a fly in her hand (chasing after her to look at it)

mami bash = toothbrush

mami oshi = toothpaste

mama! æku = 'thank you'

Annie oku (pointing to Annie's yoghurt)

Debby bookie = Debby's book

Lala shoe (bringing Claudia's shoes)

mami æt = Mommy out ('let me out'???)

Dadi, ee (telling Dad to clap for a trick Debby did)

Annie sleep [ani sip]. Dadi. (A. in next room with door shut.)

Annie dess (pointing to closet, dresses visible.)

Mami, nana. (reading re a baby with a banana)

Mami, ack. (put the velcro strip back together again.)