(2:0)

Mother- would u get that please

Child - dis one?

Mother – yes please

Child- mummy

Mother- thank you darling

Child- dink empty

Mother- I will get you some more

Child- yeah mummy dink empty

2 years 8 months

Context – Adult and child are in the kitchen

Adult- do you want to help me?

Child- Yeah!

Adult- are you washing the dishes?

Child- me and Mr. Teddy are wassing the (.) um disses

Adult- who is better at washing dishes you or Mr. Teddy?

Child – Mr. Teddy soft and nice

Adult- ooh is he?

Child- yeah he is
2 years 0 months – Mother and child are playing on a play mat

Child- Pick car up mummy

Adult- which one?

Child – Mm want red

Adult- you want the red car?

Child- red twuck

Mother- it’s a lovely red isn’t it?

Child- mm red twuck go fast

Mother- yeah it is fast, do you like daddy’s car?

Child- yeah! twuck faster

1 year 2 months

Context- child is pretending to drink water whilst engaging in conversation with

mother

Mother- would you like some water?

Child- yeah

Mother- here you go

Child- (child takes cup from table) suup suup (sounds of drinking water)

Mother- mmm (1) is it nice Shreeya?

Child- I it’s (.) um

Mother- what is it ?

Child- all gone

Mother – is it all gone?

Child – yeah

Mother- would you like some more?

Child- More!
Mother and child ( 2 years) are reading an alphabet book

Mother- what’s that then?

Child- it’s a err

Mother- app..

Child- app..ee

Mother- well done Rohin!

Child – mummy look its frog

Mother – yes that is a frog

Child- it’s a frog mummy look

Mother- yes! And what colour is it

Child – frog green

Mother – wow you are clever aren’t you Rohin

Child – me clever mummy

Mother – yes you are!

Rohin, aged 2:0, playing with his toys on the floor. He is imagining that he is an
astronaut

Space. Me. Astronaut. Vroom, Vroom shhhhh. Blasting. Blasting. 3. Mm 2, 1. Blast

off! Blast off! Space man. In sky. Me spaceman. Fast, going fast. Moon. Moon.
Astronaut land. Mm. Grrrr. monster on moon. Spaceman. Look out. Big monster!
Yeah. Scary. Raw! Snuggles. Snuggles. Saved space. Yeah! Bad monster! He dead
bad monster.

Rakesh, aged 2:8, on a play mat with his toys cars pretending that he is a police
car

Red car needs to go prison. I start police car up. Vroom. Police car very very very
fast nii naa nii naa. Bad car go fast too. Around the corner. Big bad car very fast.
Police car is catching up. Big bad car brake. It brakes down on the street. Police
car vroom. Stop! Catch criminal. I take criminal to the prison. Policeman. Me . I
save the day and the city safe for one day. I save the day and everyone in town is
safe and now can live safe and happy!